The questions are really hardcore there, but they shake your mind pretty badly. I answered practical questions at the end of each chapter and at the end of the book. I won't recommend to start from " CISSP All-In-One Exam Guide", but I can't change my past where it helped me to discover CISSP, and later to dive into particular details of most of security domains, though there is a lot of outdated information which would not be necessary to dedicatedly learn in order to pass the exam.Don't solve them all in the beginning, keep a couple of test sets to double-check your readiness later. There are 5 test sets (as for 2020), use them to finalize your preparation.
BOSON EXAM SIMULATOR INSTALL
Install Boson's test kit "ExSim-Max for CISSP 2020" ( $99).Run "Quick Test" (10 questions) periodically every day, "Mock Test" (50 questions), and "Practice Test" (125 questions) whenever you wish. Install (ISC)2 Official CISSP Tests on your phone.250 questions of CISSP practice exam #4.250 questions of CISSP practice exam #3.250 questions of CISSP practice exam #2.250 questions of CISSP practice exam #1.In the case if you prefer learning on Udemy I put all links here:.And now I don't get any referrals from this guy, I just want you to save a couple of bucks. And because I also purchased "Boson" tests later for ~$99 (see below), it would be cheaper to just go to and buy there "CISSP Bundle + Boson" for ~$175 (Thor's videos + Boson tests). Initially, I bought CISSP Certification video courses by Thor Pedersen on Udemy (8 courses per ~$16), and at the end of my studying, I found all those courses cheaper on his personal website.You need to concentrate at maximum in the process of your preparation to get ready for the examination.Īll in all, I feel that all study materials contain incomplete but complementary knowledge, something like this: exam preparation != knowledge != real-life experience.How much time would you need? 200 questions per day = 20 additional day days of preparation. You will need to answer from 4000 to 5000 practical questions where you get ~80% of correct answers.Just do it: go to your calendar right now, and make an appointment for every day. Set up a schedule in your calendar for every single day.For example, you want to watch 10 hours of video courses and you'd like to spend 10 additional hours to learn the contents of the video, therefore you need 10 days (~2 weeks) if you spend 2 hours per day for preparation. I started my dedicated preparation: 2 hours every morning (books, video courses), then I added 2 hours in the evening, then I couldn't stop and spent 6-8 hours per day, especially on the weekend, and in the end, I was spending the whole weekend in the study.īooks, video courses, 4500 practical test questions during 2 months. In 2019 I got the application security position in a company, where corporate security is the biggest challenge, and I gained exactly that experience what CISSP stands for.Īt some point I just realized that I'm ready, it was October 2o2o, I just needed to prove that I am who I am. I think that CISSP is more prone to corporate security, and in my case, I had many years in R&D (development in security), where you're pretty close to technicalities, but far from things like security governance, operations, access controls, etc. After a while, I dropped reading for a couple of years, and I concentrated on earning real practical experience in cybersecurity which is 14 years as of 2021.īasically, I don't feel that having experience in 3 of 8 domains is really enough to be confident to step up the CISSP certification. I didn't force my studying, I decided to make an overall review of all domains in to get back later with a more conscious approach to study. I started somewhere in 2015 with just reading the book "CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide" (Sixth Edition, Shon Harris), and my English level didn't allow me to move quickly, I had to improve my vocabulary, reading, writing, listening. Knowledge + mindset + dedication = success Intro UPDATE: I also encourage you to read my write-up about of how I passed CSSLP (after CISSP), there are even more details about my training process and study approach: The Shadow of CSSLP.