Hi guys, I have provisionally passed the CISSP test today at 100 questions. I will share more details in our next session. Unable to type.. my hands are shaking out of excitement....

I'm not sure of the exact number. At 107, I had about an hour left, and I thought, okay, I have time. My god, that test was brutal. My undergrad was in math & computer science. I took very serious advanced math exams. Next to this beast, they were a kindergarten trip to the park. Other than maybe 5 "gimmes," the questions were nothing like the practice exams. The "50 hard CISSP questions" YouTube video came the closest to emulating them, but these questions were on steroids. I had no earthly idea if I was answering them correctly. I made educated guesses and hoped I guessed right. Then there were 3-5 questions that I literally had no idea how to answer, so I just blindly guessed. Hey, a 25% chance of being right >> a definite 0. I was certain I had failed. Imagine my joy when the proctor handed me that paper. I wanted to shoot off fireworks. Studying for this exam took over my life for the past 2 months, particularly the last 4-6 weeks. My study materials: - The OSG. I couldn't get through that droll thing, but I used the online test banks. - Destination CISSP book. Didn't read the whole thing because of time constraints. If I had, it probably would've helped. - 50 Hard CISSP questions. This helped A LOT. https://youtu.be/qbVY0Cg8Ntw?si=I9bpKBzhPQVtqEhq - CISSP exam cram. This helped a lot, too, especially the downloadable PowerPoints. https://youtu.be/_nyZhYnCNLA?si=ZKcYH45vFssJAX4Q - Why You Will Pass the CISSP. Not just a cheerleading video! Great accompaniment to the 50 Hard Questions video. https://youtu.be/v2Y6Zog8h2A?si=nGBn-euPo7diJ7Cc - The LearnZapp app. I got to 74% preparedness yesterday. They very recently updated it for the new exam. Well worth the $35. I have an MBA, which helped with the whole "think like a manager" thing. That whole degree was about that. As others have mentioned, the practice questions drill you on the WHAT. The exam asks you WHY ... in painful detail.

A specially crafted attack has demonstrated a significant flaw in a cryptographic protocol used in your organization to secure data in motion. The protocol is currently configured to allow its predecessor version as a fallback for backwards compatibility. The attack takes advantage of the implementation flaws of CBC encryption modes in the fallback mechanism. What would be the first step to immediately resolve this vulnerability? A. Upgrade the cryptographic protocol B. Stop using the fallback protocol C. Disable backwards compatibility D. Confirm vulnerability

I PASSED!!!!! I went over 100 qs. Soon as that happened I was sure I failed, so I was just barely paying attention to the rest of the questions, The computer stopped me at 110 Go figure . LOL Im getting a beer!

Im going to upload all my study docs and links for my June 24th exam re-take. Yes, its my second one. This will help me and anyone else, Ill critique myself in what works and what doesnt.