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Passed the CISSP Today

Hey All,

I joined the group here in my eleventh hour preparing for the CISSP Exam. I have worked in cybersecurity for a while and in my work experience had lots of interactions with CISSP professionals which I think led to a good baseline understanding, of cybersecurity.

I have been studying for a year but mainly because I kept pushing out the exam due to me not feeling confident until I reached a point where it would not let me push it out any further.

Biggest tips that helped me were

Think like a manager
Rationalize the reasons why you are not picking an answer when selecting what you think is the correct answer.
Do not rush, plan on running out of time you can still pass if you don't hit 150
Focus on the first 10 questions that will guage what kind of test your experience will be.
Many questions will be un-scored test questions so be prepared for strangely worded questions.
If your uncertain on a question narrow it down to a 50/50 and pick the one you BEST feel is right
Go for the answer which is the broadest or can encompass the other options in the list

I studied algorithms and formulas HARD and didn't get a single formula question nor did I get many algorithm questions (just 1 on Bell-Lapadula)
I purchased the official book and study guide from ISC2
I purchased the Audio Book CISSP All in One Guide by McGraw Hill
I watched all the videos from Destination Certification
I watched all the videos by Inside Cloud and Security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nyZhYnCNLA
I took the daily practice questions only in the Pocket Prep Guide App
I took the LearnZ App Practice Tests and never scored higher than a 68 (Yellow)
I participated in a few sessions here in skool the sessions I did attend led to a deeper understanding of the core topics and not just wrote memorization. For that I am grateful.

I had to take the test because I couldn't push it out any further but remember its 100-150 questions on so many topics you will likely not be asked a lot of the items covered just statistically with the un-scored questions you may only get a few on set topics in a single domain so don't stress out.

I took the test at 8am when I knew I would be the most alert and rested.

I took the day off work to relax

I arrived to the testing center 45 min early and studied in my car until I was ready to go up (mostly formula review, and I never got any formula questions.)

I plan to continue to stay active here in the group, attend meetings, and look forward to potentially leading a session (as I saw that option was recently posted). I still feel like cybersecurity is so much larger and my knowledge needs to be deepened to a level of practical understanding so I look forward with continuing my education on that note here in this group! See you all on Tuesday 7pm!

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