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.

Hey everyone, I landed a first level interview for a ISA gig with my old company, the same one who downsized me during merger, lol. Information Security Advisor function provides a single point of contact for all security-related activities for designated customer accounts. Part of the requirement is a understanding of SentinelOne. I located the videos Ill link to below. If anyone has any better ones, please link them. Another part of the requirement is firewall knowledge. I only know Sonicwall, if anyone else can link any free training to any of the firewalls below, please do, and thanks! Firewall technologies (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, Check Point, Juniper, etc)

Gary was recently hired as the first chief information security officer (CISO) for a local government agency. The agency recently suffered a security breach and is attempting to build a new information security program. Gary would like to apply some best practices for security operations as he is designing this program. Gary is preparing to develop controls around access to root encryption keys and would like to apply a principle of security designed specifically for very sensitive operations. Which principle should he apply?

Good morning fellow studier's. It's 3 AM here and I just read something that honestly, felt like a huge pit of nothingness and misunderstanding opened up. I read someone's quick notes and it presented information that was completely opposite of my understanding. I just emailed them to see if it is errata and if not if they might explain. Below are some situations, are they BCP or DRP? 1) A vulnerability has been discovered by a hacker? 2) A firewall has failed? 3) Data center was destroyed by a Tsunami? 4) BIA is a part of? 5) Stakeholders should be involved in? 6) Dealing with a more immediate or specific emergency?

New Cissp study web site I just found which provides questions perhaps more aligned with what I witnessed, I posed three questions today. Take the 10 question quiz, cost is 24$ per yer which isnt bad. https://cissprep.net/