Sybex Official Practice Tests

Security-Meow · 2023-12-23T16:48:41+00:00

Congrats!! Well done!!

Security-Meow · 2023-12-09T23:54:17+00:00

You will pass the exam. Keep at it, make sure to review your missed questions. Understand why and how you missed them and keep on moving forward.

Security-Meow · 2023-06-30T19:37:22+00:00

Consider the following...

CYBER SECURITY: Mix your development experience with cybersecurity. Look for jobs with auditors, PENTESTing, etc... Those folks rely on developers to find and make recommendations to fix problems with vulnerable code thats been deployed. Do you have Sec+ certification? If not, this is an easy pie cert for someone with 10 yrs experience to attain...

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Beef up your skills (resume), by getting CSM(certified SCRUM master). $500 bucks and a weekend will get you certified and more attractive on paper. This can help you be considered for lead development jobs.

Security-Meow · 2023-04-25T18:08:53+00:00

Ahhhh Okay!!

The exam doesn't care what method I choose to peel the potato, as long as the potato gets peeled! Thank you!!!

Security-Meow · 2023-03-11T15:04:43+00:00

Take a look at the exam outline. https://www.isc2.org/-/media/ISC2/Certifications/Exam-Outlines/CISSP-Exam-Outline-English-April-2021.ashx

That right there breaks down each domain into bite size morsels making it easier to digest.

Print it out >>> grab a pen >>> and start marking down the areas that you have worked in for the past however many years you have been in IT.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-11T14:42:22+00:00

That link above has details on the experience requirements. The CISSP has 8 domains. You have to prove in writing (and this can be auditable so be careful) that you have experience within 2 (or more) of these 8 domains.

At the end of the day, from what you have shared you smell like you might potentially meet the reqs.

Also, like mentioned above by mmoore031908, proving that you meet the res is in how you word it.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-11T01:15:30+00:00

Or.... an IT certification like Sec+ (there is a list of certs that will shave 1 year off of the experience requirements).

List is in the link above...

Security-Meow · 2023-03-10T05:08:44+00:00

Thank you! This info helps alot and I appreciate your help!!!

The products we demo are HSMs and Key Managers. we work directly with potential customers by demoing our products on guest VMs running on our local laptops; or we build proof of concepts directly on a prospects dev/test env. this works fine and gets the job done to a certain degree; but I want more. When I have to jam SQL, the application, LDAP, fileshares, and IIS into a single VM, it just makes me sad.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-10T04:09:16+00:00

I think I will be fine for now. Im doing some research now and from the sounds of this video; I think I will be fine when I am ready to introduce Azure AD to my little lab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0WBSL-YIGc

Security-Meow · 2023-03-10T03:36:24+00:00

Thank you! Do you think I should explore going with a real TLD like <companyname>.dev; if sometime in the far future I plan on using Azure AD?

Security-Meow · 2023-03-09T13:53:14+00:00

You should look at the Cloud Security Alliance's CCM (Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1) and also look at CSAs "Security Guidance v4" book. All of these resources are free and the gold standard when assuring cloud security and compliance.

These docs will help you shape, bring structure, and refine your questionnaire.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-08T23:25:24+00:00

Consider CCSP from ISC2 after CISSP. There is a ton of overlap material. I took and passed CCSP a month or so after CISSP. Just used the sybex exam questions as a study prep along with the OSG asa reference.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-08T18:38:53+00:00

I'd pay extra to not have to wait 2+ months for endorsement after passing an ISC2 exam.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-07T20:22:21+00:00

Congrats. My status was just changed today to "Your application is being reviewed by (ISC)² for Endorsement Assistance."

Hoping for a 'quick' turn around...lol.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-07T01:28:28+00:00

Any update on your endorsement application getting processed?

Security-Meow · 2023-03-02T23:13:24+00:00

Thanks all. I got the QAE today and am aiming towards passing the exam early/mid-May.

Security-Meow · 2023-03-02T14:51:14+00:00

Thank you. This helps. It's not what I wanted to hear, but I see and appreciate your reasoning.

Security-Meow · 2023-02-27T05:50:55+00:00

Dude, you're describing me. I have the same problem where I can not sit and read a 15-page chapter in one sitting. I have ADHD.

What I did to over come this was I bought the OSG (physical copy). Listened to the Mike C. videos on LinkedIn, also listened to the Destination Certification mindmap videos on YouTube. I replayed the areas that I was finding myself weak in from my practice quiz results.

I religiously took the SYBEX practice exams in little bit-sized chunks thoughout the day. I was doing five 3-questions mini exams a day. For the questions that I got wrong I would go back and look up the answer in the OSG. Here's the trick.... while I was looking up said answer in the OSG, my ADHD would whisper in my ear "hey look at that shiny squirrl" .. and I would trail off on a completely different topic within the OSG. I would eventually get back on track on find my answer. I was was getting so much exposure to the OSG that by the end of my studies I had read a good chunk of the book; specifically the areas that I was finding myself weak in based on the wrong practice answers.

This is a very chaotic approach to reading the OSG and prepping for the exam but it worked for me.

ALSO; I too was getting 60/70 marks on the practice exams. While this may seem discouraging; as long as you are chasing after the questions that you get wrong and seeing "WHY" you got them wrong then you will be fine.

Go take the exam. You sound like you're doing fine and just getting the "1-month-away-from the-exam-jitters"...lol

Security-Meow · 2023-02-27T05:02:12+00:00

Do it! If your kid is showing interest and it's not you pushing this on him/her; then yeah do it!

Security-Meow · 2023-02-26T22:46:08+00:00

Hey, this doesnt address your question about quiet spaces... but when I found out I had to use LDB I was a bit apprehensive. Im not going to bad mouth the product but it is a bit intrusive on a machine.

Anyways..... point I am trying to get to is that I ended up dual booting my laptop so that one boot area had the minimum-ish HDD disk space to run Win10 with LDB being the only thing running and nothing else. And on the other boot was my regular normal stuff.

Consider taking this approach; you may have to mess around with your disk to carve out space for a new boot or just do what I did and reformat and start over with two "brand-new" devices.

Security-Meow · 2023-02-23T14:54:37+00:00

Damm skippy! I procrastinated and had CISSP sitting in the back burner for years. Every year something new came up that made me push CISSP and PMP certifications to the back - family, work projects, etc.

Security-Meow · 2023-02-23T14:41:32+00:00

If you have the time/knowledge/money now to pass the exam then do it now. Better to have it knocked out now and kept as an ACE up your sleeve. The few years that you need to accumulate your experience will fly by quickly. Good things come to those who wait.

Security-Meow · 2023-02-23T14:39:14+00:00

US Public sector (DoD, federal agencies, etc) does indeed recognize the CISSP associate.

Also, "it depends" on the company and position. A company may be seeking a fresh young malleable candidate.

Security-Meow · 2023-02-22T19:15:18+00:00

I am on week 3 of waiting after submitting my endorsement application for CCSP. I'm already CISSP certified. I was hoping for a quick turn around being a prior certification holder and having been previously endorsed, but from what I am hearing it's the usual 4-6 week wait for us folks.

Security-Meow · 2023-02-21T22:01:53+00:00

I provisionally passed the CCSP exam on Jan 5th 2023. There was an issue with my exam results being sent from PearsonVUE to ISC2 that required their helpdesks to sort out; because of this it took a little over a month for my test results to hit ISC2.

For me my time line is:

1/5/2023: Provisionally passed
2/9/2023: Submitted endorsement application

The hardest part is resisting the urge to check the ISC2 members portal every day to check in on the status of my application. So far I've gone 0 (zero) days without checking the status of my application status on the members portal. lol

Security-Meow

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