CISSP Passed!

[MDdan]

Woohoo!! I just got notification that I passed the CISSP.

Very happy to find out I won't have to study for a retake. As anyone who has taken it will probably tell you, you really don't know how you did when you walk out, very annoying test.

[willy_ph]

Congrats MDman.

[DVNT1]

I don't know how missed this post before but CONGRATS!

[SeanC]

Congratulations. How difficult was the exam?

Sean

[DVNT1]

Relatively broad range of questions.

CISSP Exam Structure

The CISSP Certification examination consists of 250 multiple-choice questions. Candidates have up to 6 hours to complete the examination. Ten CISSP information systems security test domains are covered in the examination pertaining to the Common Body of Knowledge:

Access Control Systems & Methodology
Applications & Systems Development
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning
Cryptography
Law, Investigation & Ethics
Operations Security (Computer)
Physical Security
Security Architecture & Models
Security Management Practices
Telecommunications & Network Security – I & II

It is a tough test with a "claimed" 30% pass rate (per my intstructor at the time I was studying for it). I was fortunate to past it on the first try!

[SeanC]

Oh man, that's a lot of material to cover. You're given 6 hours?? Whoa!!

Sean

[MDdan]

"250 questions"

But these are not normal questions, they're ANNOYING questions. There are typical 2 right answers, and the goal is to choose the BEST answer. Just imagine a test where at least a third of the questions talk around the question and give you almost purposly vague or difficult wordings. It is quite possible to know a topic and yet miss the question.

However, it probably is a fair test....LOL, hard to believe I'm saying that after the previous description. But the reason i say it is that the questions determine how well you really know the topic. If you REALLY know something, even the vague or confusing questions are clear enough to answer.

I've taken, and passed the A+,Network+, Security+ and CCNA exams. And the CISSP was by far the worst test to take. I like Comptia exams, they've always seemed pretty fair. I definitely did not like the CISSP.

About 70 questions into the exam, I was ready to be done, pretty much worn out.

Like DVNT1, I consider myself fortunate to have passed it first try. And I consider myself very fortunate to not be studying for a retake, it's such a broad test that it takes quite a bit of study.

[tarpat1]

CISSP, Nice congrats!