I prepared slow and steady. My experience helped, but the exam is essentially psychological warfare for those of us who do not test well. CCCure was the ticket. I basically tested myself over and over, and review areas that surfaced weak.
Remember however, do not take the scores of cccure test questions personally. When I was studying...(..2007), the questions seem to not reflect reality. So...what that meant for me was, my scores seem to sag with cccure, but I passed the exam. It's key to have a good night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast. It makes more of a difference than you think. There is a lot of BS in the morning. Stay at the hotel if you can. (I could not...which added extra layers of BS..) I know these remarks are late, but I hope they help. (at least someone..) -Kevin On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:03 PM, PJ McGarvey <[email protected]> wrote: > Very timely subject for me. I'll be in Baltimore next week at SANS taking > the cissp prep course. Then I'm taking the exam later in the month. Email > me after next week and I can let you know what I thought of the course. > > I've spent the last 2-3 months or so reading all of the Shon Harris book, > pretty much every available moment I've had during the day has been spent > reading. Most of it is familiar topics, but areas like Risk Mgmt and > Application Security are not, so I need to work harder to prepare in those > areas. I've taken the sample questions at the end of each chapter and test > questions at cccure.org. So far they seem to indicate I'll do well. I'll > be taking the ones at the end of the ISC2 book after my boot camp. > > I think it clicked for me at some point as I was taking the sample > questions... Shon says the questions are "conceptual" and you are trying to > give the best answer not necessarily the correct one. Didn't know what > that meant at first, but I think you need to get past reading too much into > a question, and think about "what are they really asking me". Try to think > in the larger sense of the question, as it applies to one of the 10 domains. > There were some questions that I completely disagreed with the correct > answer, but only a handful... There are apparently questions that will > straight out ask you how many bits of encryption are in a particular > cipher... so be aware of that. > > From others I've talked to, mostly reading the material, yet not cramming, > and taking many many test questions is what worked for them. Haven't talked > to anyone else who took a boot camp, but SANS' course boasts a 98% success > rate (of those that responded, hehe...) but either way it can't hurt, > 'specially if your work is paying :-) > > -PJ > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:17:40 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Pauldotcom] CISSP Study Strategy? > > > What are some of the strategies people have used to pass the exam? Anyone > use one of the "boot camps?" > > Thanks, > Craig > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your > inbox. See > how.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2> > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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