Comments on: About the strategy I followed during my CISSP exam http://blog.didierstevens.com/2007/04/16/about-the-strategy-i-followed-during-my-cissp-exam/ (blog 'DidierStevens) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: zbatia http://blog.didierstevens.com/2007/04/16/about-the-strategy-i-followed-during-my-cissp-exam/#comment-2631 zbatia Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:07:25 +0000 http://didierstevens.wordpress.com/2007/04/16/about-the-strategy-i-followed-during-my-cissp-exam/#comment-2631 I don't know when you have been taking the exam but I just got through (MArch 31st). To read about my experience, go to securecyber.blogspot.com I have "10 rules for success". Best to all who read and try to pass! I don’t know when you have been taking the exam but I just got through (MArch 31st). To read about my experience, go to securecyber.blogspot.com
I have “10 rules for success”. Best to all who read and try to pass!

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]]> By: keydet89 http://blog.didierstevens.com/2007/04/16/about-the-strategy-i-followed-during-my-cissp-exam/#comment-2593 keydet89 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:42:21 +0000 http://didierstevens.wordpress.com/2007/04/16/about-the-strategy-i-followed-during-my-cissp-exam/#comment-2593 I took the exam in '99. I followed an almost-identical process as what you listed. Before taking the exam, my employer had sent me to one of the two-week review courses...the first day, we were told that the course was NOT intended to prepare us for the exam! In fact, the primary instructor said that he'd written the Legal Domain, and during the review, he said, "I need to get rid of this slide" for about half the slides! The key to taking the exam isn't to get the correct answer...it's to get the answer that ISC^2 *wants you to get*. Sometimes when going through the practice tests, you'll see this. There was a practice exam available online at the time, and we had one in the course, as well. There were several questions that were verbatim on both practice exams, but the answers were different. ;-) Maintaining 120 CPE points can be tough...keep your eye on the forum and see what applies. For example, writing a book is a good way to get a couple of CPE points! ;-) Attending a conference is another, but giving a presentation at a conference gets you more points. Harlan author: "Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery" & "Windows Forensic Analysis" I took the exam in ‘99. I followed an almost-identical process as what you listed. Before taking the exam, my employer had sent me to one of the two-week review courses…the first day, we were told that the course was NOT intended to prepare us for the exam! In fact, the primary instructor said that he’d written the Legal Domain, and during the review, he said, “I need to get rid of this slide” for about half the slides!

The key to taking the exam isn’t to get the correct answer…it’s to get the answer that ISC^2 *wants you to get*. Sometimes when going through the practice tests, you’ll see this. There was a practice exam available online at the time, and we had one in the course, as well. There were several questions that were verbatim on both practice exams, but the answers were different. ;-)

Maintaining 120 CPE points can be tough…keep your eye on the forum and see what applies. For example, writing a book is a good way to get a couple of CPE points! ;-) Attending a conference is another, but giving a presentation at a conference gets you more points.

Harlan
author: “Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery” & “Windows Forensic Analysis”

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