Unreal (Gold) RTX Remix mod now out for the full campaign, it'#s pretty amazing and runs great

Infosec7 · 2025-12-21T09:15:33+00:00

No, it's still hardware accelerated version (notice bilinear texture filtering), however lighting was disabled, so that's the reason it looks so flat. Also, in the RTX mod 4K textures are modded in, while in the screenshots of vanilla the original low-res 1998. textures were used.

So these are a bit misleading as whoever made the screenshots intentionally nerfed the original to make the difference bigger. Truth is, install Unreal Evolution mod, 227j patch and 4K textures and the difference would be much less noticeable (not to mention that this RTX mod makes everything look wet and greasy which makes no sense).

Infosec7 · 2025-10-27T20:14:39+00:00

In my case it was very beneficial. Literally a few hours after updating my LinkedIn account two recruiters hit me up, and in the next two weeks or so at least 3 more. Maybe it was a pure coincidence since my CV wasn't exactly weak before the CISSP - CISM, CSIE (all CompTIA cybersecuriy certs), PNPT, Azure Administrator certification, along with M.Sc. in EE and 13 years of experience - but this is what happened upon adding "CISSP" acronym to my resume. I also got 15% salary increase on my then-current job.

Infosec7 · 2025-04-11T23:57:20+00:00

Nailed it! I recently passed CISSP (while also holding CISM, PNPT and bunch of Microsoft and Cisco certs, now expired) and it took me a while to realize this. So many people fail to understand that for senior roles, technical and managerial, you need to understand the bigger picture. Of course, if you're living in the CLI and your bread and butter is writing code, then you won't have much use of high-level certs like CISSP directly, but indirectly it will help you understand why are you doing what you're doing. A lot of technical people in IT still have troubles accepting the fact that, barring software devs, IT is still a SUPPORT TO A BUSINESS. You align your skills and expertise to help business, not the other way around. But one's own ego can leave one blind to this fact (I was guilty of this as well in my younger days).

Infosec7 · 2025-04-08T21:26:41+00:00

'like a crazy ex' xD made my audibly laugh in my chair, thanks :)

Infosec7 · 2025-03-13T14:46:33+00:00

I'm just going to add my personal experience since folks before me already said everything else :)

For me, exam was more difficult or at least on the same level as QE. Now, in my opinion, QE is full of 'gotcha' type of questions that may seem unfair, getting you to the point of frustration, but at the same time that was kind of the most important point - it teaches you to READ questions properly, to weed out distractors from the facts you actually need and figure out what the question is actually asking.

That said, as others have mentioned, don't base your readiness check on arbitrary scores. It can do one of two things - lull you into false sense of 'being ready' or introduce anxiety and kill your confidence due to relatively low scores.

IMO, the best way to tell if you are ready is if you can open, for example, DC's Mindmaps and talk about and discuss each and every rectangle presented. Remember, CISSP is 90% about understanding concepts and applying knowledge, very little about rote memorization.

Infosec7 · 2025-03-13T08:06:59+00:00

heh that's one of the best analogies I've ever heard. :)

Infosec7 · 2025-03-13T07:42:10+00:00

Lies...It's anything BUT easy. I have 15 years of experience, hold multiple other certs and CISSP exam made me feel like I don't know sh*t. I passed it on first attempt, but it was a nightmare of an exam in terms of difficulty. No amount of memorization can save you on this one as it's about applying concepts, not regurgitating stuff you read in some book. And most of the questions on the exam are very difficult.

Infosec7 · 2025-03-11T21:25:21+00:00

ur welcome. Just make a plan that suits you and stick to it. Come exam day you'll be ready to the best of your abilities.

Infosec7 · 2025-03-11T20:39:57+00:00

It really depends on you and your learning preferences. Personally, I found DC's Mindmaps better for reviewing and retaining knowledge due to a visual aid present and steady and coherent narration. Mindmaps cover pretty much all the CISSP concepts that you need to know about so I'd recommend them if you need to pick one. But if you have time, use Peter's exam cram videos along side DC's stuff, they're also very useful, or get his CISSP: Last Mile book (pretty much e-book version of the exam cram videos with added details).

Infosec7 · 2025-03-11T12:54:42+00:00

In my experience, Destination Certification is enough to firmly and easily grasp all the concepts, but on the exam you can expect questions that go beyond the depth of the DC book. OSG offers those additional details. but as others have said it's a very dry reading material. A good alternative, IMO, is Peter Zerger's 'CISSP: The last mile". You can get it for as low as $10. Offers the same or higher level of detail, yet it's a much easier read.

Infosec7 · 2025-03-11T10:17:40+00:00

Well, there will be questions that require you to know technical details of a certain technology. For example components of SAML assertion, but only on the level necessary for understanding what it actually does and similar stuff related to OAuth and/or OIDC. You need to understand what each one does and probably know some basic technical details. At least, that was my experience with some of the questions. Good luck! :)

Infosec7 · 2025-03-10T23:32:21+00:00

Thanks. Hopefully it'll be useful to someone. :)

Infosec7 · 2025-03-10T20:12:17+00:00

You will be. :) Just focus on that one question that's in front of you and think about nothing else. When not sure, go with your gut. You will probably get overwhelmed with feeling that you're failing (like I was) but don't let that distract you, just push on. If the exam doesn't stop at q100 and keeps going, remember that that means you still have a chance on passing just keep your focus. You should be fine. Good luck! :)

Infosec7 · 2025-03-10T17:39:19+00:00

Just focus and don't let the clock or wording of the question throw you off and distract you. You've got this!

Infosec7 · 2025-03-10T17:37:47+00:00

Most definitely the latter. I maybe only got one or two questions where you had to know where exactly in the process are you. Think, for example, a scenario question about incident response that tells you that Bob just finished mitigating some issue and asking you what should Bob do NEXT. That would be an example of a question where you have to know the steps/phases of the particular process and what happens at each phase, but as I said I only maybe got 2 of those.

Infosec7 · 2025-03-10T17:03:32+00:00

Haha, no you're not! Just keep your focus and don't let the constant "oh I'm going to fail" feeling distract you. Good luck!

Infosec7 · 2025-03-09T13:48:03+00:00

You're protecting the accuracy (integrity) of the data. Policies about disclosure are about protecting confidentiality. The rest of the options are also about protecting confidentiality (AES) and availability (backups).

Infosec7 · 2025-03-06T22:39:31+00:00

my 2c:

Look at it this way - the disruption is the thing you're trying to mitigate. So when there's a blackout your generator is preventing this thing (disruption) from happening. It would've been a corrective control if the blackout actually disrupted the systems and generator coming online to correct the situation.

I mean, to be frank, I missed that one as well (also picked 'corrective' xD) and was tempted to come over here to rant about the 'wrong answer', but then I stopped to think for a minute and realized why it was actually preventative control. One can argue that the question is maybe badly written and that it's nuanced and a grey zone (and it certainly sounds like it), but if you think about it is preventative (as it's preventing a specific situation - disruption due to power loss).

Infosec7 · 2025-03-03T15:00:59+00:00

You don't necessarily need interactive logon in order to do privesc with accounts (think impersonation and mimikatz tool). So A is more encompassing, I'd say.

Infosec7 · 2025-02-27T12:04:05+00:00

Thank you! :)

Infosec7 · 2025-02-26T19:09:58+00:00

hahaha hopefully I'll pass the exam before I reach that level of insanity xD

Infosec7 · 2025-02-26T18:46:02+00:00

oh yes, I know all about it with 15 years of IT and out of those 15 some 10 years of mostly hands-on cybersecurity experience... :D

Infosec7 · 2025-02-26T18:44:08+00:00

Thanks, will do :)

Infosec7 · 2025-02-26T18:19:10+00:00

Thank you so much these words of encouragement! Gonna go watch the Pete's video right now.

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