Simple Math: Maybe the Difference in your Cert Exam Pass/Fail Chances
Picture this. You locked yourself up in a room for two months or so with no social interaction. You’ve excommunicated your family for that time period. You even missed the Super Bowl and the birth of your first child (okay maybe a little too dramatic, I know you would not dare miss the Super Bowl). In any case, you did all this because you have a goal. You wanted to be certified. You studied and studied. You read the book cover-to-cover. You paid top money for a class. You joined study groups. You took countless of practice exams and even bought several brain dump resources for good measure. You studied ’til the cows came home.
On the day of the exam you were as confident as a porcupine with extended twills (imagine that 
…). You know in your heart you’ve done what you could. You are anxious. You are ready. Then here comes the first question. You think to yourself, “WTF is this? I don’t remember reading about this.” Then the next question was so vague you wondered if it was actually written in English. The third question, seemed like there are two answers instead of one. The fourth was no easier. By the fifth question, all that confidence went down the toilet and by the sixth you are in a near panic. Read more
To CISSP or Not to CISSP – Part 2
Continued from: To CISSP or Not to CISSP – Part 1
Let’s look at what another non-fan of the cert thinks about the cert. In his blog entry he quoted another blog that stated:
“I chose a self study route, and devoted around 2 months for the preparation. Locked myself in and had very little to no time for the family, I’d told them what I was up to, both my wife and son were very supporting. Every weekday I would dedicate 3 to 4 hours, and on weekends 5 to 6 hours for preparation. The last week before exam, I took leave from work and dedicated around 12 hours straight everyday for 7 days. To cope with the physical and mental tensions I did 45 minutes yoga in the morning and 20 minutes meditation in the afternoon. I took a break or stretched for 5 to 15 minutes after every 1 or 2 hours of studies.”
He then followed up by stating:
“That is ridiculous. I would expect someone who wants to be considered as a “security professional” to be well-enough versed in the CISSP material to not require seven straight days of 12 hour studying sessions, beyond the previous seven weeks of study.”
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