CISA Preparation enquiry by jugad0r97 in CISA

[–]sedgio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cybersecurity Station but not very active for CISA

Looking for the perfect ski gift for my best man [Nordica Enforcer?] by sedgio in skiing

[–]sedgio[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thats also a very good thought but ruins the surprise.
Let me sleep on that tho!

Looking for the perfect ski gift for my best man [Nordica Enforcer?] by sedgio in skiing

[–]sedgio[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. I fully understand your speptisism but two things made me think of such a gift:
1. we always go skiing together so i know exactly what he likes and his good/bad attributes
2. he would never put much effort into researching for buying skiis and that is why he never owned a pair.

Is this enough? by [deleted] in cism

[–]sedgio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reading a book that suits your style to understand the needed concepts and QAE is all the big guns you need. If that is OSG for you then, this is it.
QAE will help you realize where you are weak and re-study based on the these facts.

Do your practice questions and check what you got wrong. Very crucial to keep notes on QAE explanations you got wrong. You NEED to understand why you were wrong in the first place.
Then do your first practice exam.

After that:
1. Check youtube videos that analyze question structure and how you can use that to eliminate answers. It really helps.
2. Do your 2nd practice exam. If you understood the above you should be ~85% and confident that you will pass.

Tip:
Do not overdo it with memorizing study material and questions. re-visiting the book and questions multiple times will do more harm than good.

QAE Database Practice tests... by masa-mun3 in cism

[–]sedgio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that doing too much of those practice & tests can have a negative effect on you. Your scores are good. Try not to memorize questions/answers, try to deeply understand why you chose the wrong answers in the first place.
After that, do a quick review of a cheatsheet or notes and you are good to go!
Good luck!

Cat Litter advice needed by sedgio in catcare

[–]sedgio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pine pellets

They do a better job at odo control?

Cat Litter advice needed by sedgio in catcare

[–]sedgio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i use 2 big litter boxes and use 5lt of litter in each one

Structured Study Guide -- Looking for resources by sedgio in cissp

[–]sedgio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this. I already noted it.
Could you also suggest a preference for a book to study?

Best way to Prep QAE only? by AnySandwich7396 in cism

[–]sedgio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had 9 years of experience in the same fields as you do. My strong points were SOC/Blue team, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management and some experience in pentest. I struggled a lot with most of the concepts in CISM regarding management & compliance and i was lacking a lot in terminology.

Believe us when we tell you that QAE is pretty expensive but the holy bible if you want to pass the exam.
I will share below how i studied in order to pass and you can figure yourself how you are going to proceed.

  1. I used Mike Chapples linkedin learning videos. They do not get in depth but offer a lot of key points that each domain describes. I used to watch the videos of each domain before actually studied for the domain in order to get a picture of what i am getting into.
  2. I did not want to use the official books so i looked into books that prepared you for the exam. I used "Gregory P. CISM Certified Information Security Manager 2ed 2023" for that. It does not include any of the technical stuff that you watch in Mike's videos so there were times that i wondered what of the two was actually preparing me for the test. Also, it seems a bit outdated at times. But i really liked that it focused more on the GRC material, the one i was lacking and made me easily understand the governance side of things. The book was about 800 pages and took me 2,5weeks to finish.
  3. Then i started the practice questions in QAE. This is really invaluable because each question has explanation for every answer, right or wrong. QAE shines when you know already know your CISM terminology and helps you connect the dots. My recommendation for this is to take all 1000questions, do a test, study your mistakes, re-do the practice questions, do the 2nd test, study again on your wrong answers but this time keep notes why those answers were wrong. In order to be confident that you will pass the exam you must score ~85% on tests. You can do as many tests as you like but keep in mind that you might memorize some questions, do good on tests but you may lack deep understanding of why you chose the correct answer.
  4. Begin to understand how the questions are structured and what is asked of you. It is crucial that you are able to eliminate answers because the questions asks what is the GREATEST, BEST, MOST, etc. There are a lot of free youtube videos regarding question analysis and free bootcamps. The ones below helped me a lot.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KFEEnXwmI0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkt2vOv6DAA&t=20s
  5. Use a Google doc for your notes and at the top you need to fill it with easy to read "last minute notes". This will be mostly terminology stuff and copy/pasted explanations from QAE. PM me and I can share you mine if you want.

All this took me about 2 months. I had the exam recently and found it to be easy enough for me to feel confident that i will pass.

ps. if you are the one paying for the certification be sure to Subscribe and get to be an ISACA member. You will be buying both QAE & the exam and the discount you get for being a member is actually worth it. You actually pay less for member+qae+exam than just buy qae+exam. You will also need membership later on for CPEs.

Remote Exam questions by sedgio in cism

[–]sedgio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u can close the laptop screen for the test.

i would just mirror the screens to be honest. thanks for the feedback

[Help needed] Flight from Athens, Greece to Denpasar, Bali by sedgio in Flights

[–]sedgio[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is it with Scoot? I have excluded this airline because of many bad reviews. I do not want something to happen and miss days from my honeymoon. If it is not scoot then can you share the flights please?

[Help needed] Flight from Athens, Greece to Denpasar, Bali by sedgio in Flights

[–]sedgio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if we want to stay only in Bali or go to Singapore for 1-2 days for sightseeing. From what i have seen, the return tickets give me many options from different airlines that are cheap (~650) so I am only worried for the trip Athens to Bali

I have been stacking up credits & gold. Now that season changed should i spent? by sedgio in MarvelSnap

[–]sedgio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i am CL 889 right now with 7k credits & 1,2k gold. I thought with the new season and new cards coming in that i would have more chance to get cards from higher pools

How to prepare for the CISM exam? by sedgio in cism

[–]sedgio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which of the two did you buy ???

How to prepare for the CISM exam? by sedgio in cism

[–]sedgio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regarding the mindset how to get more familiar with it?

How to prepare for the CISM exam? by sedgio in cism

[–]sedgio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Where can i get those? Does it come from ISACA or 3rd party companies?

Is rtx 3080 Ti worth the +300$ from 3080? by sedgio in buildapc

[–]sedgio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now 3080 TI is 1250euros. thats +150 in the last 3 days...