[Cisspstudy] Passed CISSP - My Journey to Oscars...

Sat Apr 11 07:35:08 EDT 2009

Thank you Umair,

I would say write the exam only when you are confident enough. I too had approx date in my mind but office works never permitted me to study, so had to stretch in nights till 4. 

For me, CISSP was never to take benefit. It was my dream goal that's the reason I mentioned it as Oscar. CISSP has been given "GOLD Certification" value. If you work in a company where management knows what it takes to become CISSP & its value then you can expect growth. Financially It may not be good as of now due to economic crisis in the world. 

>From your mail It seems you are in Hong Kong, I don't have much idea on Financial conditions there, 

--- On Fri, 4/10/09, Nazim, Umair <Umair.Nazim at aig.com> wrote:

From: Nazim, Umair <Umair.Nazim at aig.com>
Subject: Re: [Cisspstudy] Passed CISSP - My Journey to Oscars...
To: "The CISSP Study Mailing list" <cisspstudy at cccure.org>
Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 11:11 AM

Congratz Prakash…. You deserve this after months of hard
work…. 

And even I like to say it’s really a wonderful explanation
about this exam and addresses right amount of work needed even if you have experience. 

Even I have been planning to appear for test last 3 months. But
every time to date reaches I get scared and do not register. I might be due to
reason that I m not putting that much hard work for it? 

Also I want someone to tell me what CISSP is after passing it, I
mean how you benefit from it in your professional career and financially as
well? --- This will give me some thinking to put more of my time into it. 

Thanks, 

Umair Nazim 

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[mailto:cisspstudy-bounces at cccure.org] On Behalf Of sanil nadkarni

Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 7:19 AM

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Subject: Re: [Cisspstudy] Passed CISSP - My Journey to Oscars... 

  Hello Prakash , 

  Congrats buddy , its an excellent achivement !!!! i know
  you have worked really hard , for it  

  best of luck for ur future !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) 
  excellent Post i should say !  

  Thanks  

  sanil 

  --- On Fri, 10/4/09, Prakash <prakash2757 at yahoo..com>
  wrote: 

  From: Prakash <prakash2757 at yahoo.com>

  Subject: [Cisspstudy] Passed CISSP - My Journey to Oscars...

  To: cisspstudy at cccure.org

  Date: Friday, 10 April, 2009, 2:07 AM 

    Hello
    all, 

    I am really happy to share that I have passed CISSP
    exam. I have learned a lot during my discussions with other members so its
    my time to give back to community & share knowledge. It took me 1 hour
    to write this mail. 

    Brief Background: 

    6+ years of experience in IT & working on Security
    Consulting, Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, Vulnerability assessment,
    Security architecture, ISO27001 audits, IT Risk assessment, Forensics,
    Cyber laws, Security advisories & Antivirus CERT. 

    Have 7 certifications (MCSA 2000, MCSA 2003, CCNA,
    CEH, ISO27001, etc etc) 

    Material Read/Purchased: 

    As a starter, I have gone though CISSP Exam Overview
    by Clement 

    (An excellent video for free of cost) 

    CISSP Official (ISC)2 Guide (Read 2 times) 

    CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide By Shon Harris (Read 3
    times) 

    Information Security Management Handbook, 6th edition
    by Tipton and Krause (Its a huge online book, Used as reference) 

    Reference material & blog posts of Sir W. Hord
    Tipton 

    Reference material & blog posts of Sir Rob Slade 

    Request for Comments (RFC) 

    NIST Special Publication documents - 

    SP 800-30, SP 800-111, SP 800-113, SP 800-115, SP
    800-107, SP 800-106, SP 800-100, SP 800-97 

    Seminars: 

    I was not able to attend CBK review seminars due to
    financial problem & no official sponsorship due to current economic
    conditions. If you are 

    fortunate enough for sponsorship from company or can
    afford on your own then you can surely go with Official CBK Seminar from
    ISC2 / Seminar by Shon Harris / Clement. It will provide great overview
    & refresh your domains before exam. 

    Practice Questions: 

    I can not discuss anything on what exam had or might
    have. I practiced with lots of sample questions (around 1500). One can also
    purchase questions available like studISCope Self Assessment from ISC2. 

    Study time: 

    I had no time at all in office due to hectic work
    & projects. I studied daily from 12 AM to 4 AM from past 6 months.
    Weekends around 8-9 hours.. 

    There is no replacement to hard work. You need to work
    real hard, interact with people who are already certified, Clear concepts. 

    Dumps !!! - Are you kidding ? I am yet to find a CISSP
    who tells me he passed using dumps. I personally feel its total waste of
    time & money hoping questions from dumps. 

    Exam Day: 

    Got up at 5 AM, Reached exam venue at 7.30 AM. Had a
    good breakfast. I saw lots of people doing last minute cramming, going
    through pages of 

    various books. There was good arrangement made by MIEL
    e-Security. Good & very helpful proctors. They thoroughly check your
    identity & 

    dictionaries (if any). Hours passed by & you see
    people walking out, smoking due to tension. I felt my mind will run out of
    strength in 4 hours. Its real tough to keep mind relaxed with needle of the
    clock not relaxing. I am sure many CISSP will agree of having extreme pressure
    on mind in last few hours. (Except few who can finish paper in 4-5 hours).
    Once exam was over my mind was totally tired & exhausted. 

    If you think CISSP exam is tough then you are wrong,
    Its THE toughest among all. There are no shortcuts to pass the exam. 

    According to me, CISSP exam needs perfect time
    management skills, core technical skills starting from cryptography to
    physical security, take best decisions under extreme pressure. 

    Its all about "Thinking right using right
    knowledge at the right time" 

    Results: 

    Here comes the longest waiting period of life.. This
    is the period which kills. Checking mails each & every hour. I tried my
    best not to post if anyone got results who gave exam on the same date . At last, mail arrives from ISC2, took 10
    minutes thinking of clicking on it with heartbeats at highest rate. Just
    read Congratulations, You have passed !!!! and almost cried. 

    People might feel I am over enthusiastic but it feels
    too good when my months of late night preparations are paid off. 

    Thank you Clement, Nathalie and Alain for maintaining
    cccure with amazing quality of material. Special thanks to each &
    everyone who cleared my doubts. 

    Thank you W. Hord Tipton & Shon Harris for writing
    excellent books. 

    I would not have gone ahead without support of my
    family for so many months. 

    Thank you ISC, Its because of them I have learned so
    much in security covering all major domains during my preparation which I
    would not have 

    learned even during my job. Hats off for maintaining
    top notch quality in certification. 

    I rate CISSP as toughest exam of my life in spite of
    having 7 certifications & It feels like holding Oscar in hand 

    Hope people find my exam experience useful. My best
    wishes to everyone preparing for exam. 

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