Provisionally passed CISSP!

Hello everyone,

I still can not believe it, but I passed the CISSP exam! It took 135 questions for me to finish the exam.

It was much more harder than I anticipated. I did more than 2000, maybe 3000 questions during the preparation, but "none" of them, not even a close one was in the exam.

My only advice, no need to memorize anything except certain things like OSI layers; instead, you should really "understand" the concepts. Be ready for some questions where you will whisper to yourself "what in the world is this question talking about?"

If you are not in a hurry, and not tight on your budget, go for the SSCP first. It will help you to have confidence and learn ISC2's question styles.

I have 12 years of network, 6 years of security background. I acquired SSCP two years ago.

I studied for the exam two months. Here are the things I did:

• I watched the whole CISSP training on Cybrary and took detailed notes

• I watched the IT Dojo videos on Youtube

• I created my own notebook and took thorough notes with my own words

• I did all the tests in the Official Practice Tests book

• I didn't read the Official Study Guide word by word but I did all the practice tests in it and read the sections where I didn't feel quite ready

• I studied CISSP Exam Cram from Michael Gregg that I found in my local library and did all it's tests. It was surprisingly helpful, like a hidden gem.

• I kept using Sunflower2.0 and my own notes as my #1 sources

Best luck to everyone who is taking this path. You will need it. :)