Hello friends, I passed my CISSP exam today!!!! A BIG thank you to the CISSP team for providing this platform. I appreciate all the support and guidance provided by members and facilitators. I have been sitting for professional exams for a long time now but the CISSP stands out to be unique, exceptional with an intriguing level of difficulty. IT WASN'T EASY BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!!! To everyone aspiring to take the exam, study hard, believe in yourself and go for it!!! Once again thank you all! Cheers!!!!

Hello friends, I have passed my CISSP exam on October 31st. I was doing intensive preparation during July – October. I made schedule and appointed time at each day. Obviously that I was not following all days due to family/job/personal circumstances, but in 90% it was possible to follow. I have 10 years dedicated experience in industrial cyber security and most of the technical domains was less or more easier for me, but Risk Management, Information Security Governance, Software development and especially CISSP mindset was really “terra incognito” for me. I did not acquire any bootcamps or in class trainings. I was using below resources in the following sequence: 1. Kelly Handerhan videos dated by 2017 2. ICS2 2021 book (reading respective chapter after completion watching video from step#1) 3. Doing Learnzapp test (Do not take Learnzapp questions as the real or similar to the CISSP exam, it is not true. The questions good to learn ICS2 book only) 4. Watching videos on the @PrabhNair1 and Andrew Ramdayal channel 5. Reading success stories in Skool CISSP Study Group (thanks to all folks in Skool community and to @M B for your time to answer on my questions) The exam was really not easy (before I was passed GICSP and CISM exams). I had the following challenges: 1. Domain#8 Software Development questions (I had a lot in my exam) 2. Could security questions 3. Language barrier – some questions I really was not able to understand due to specific English write up, despite I am living and working in English speaking environment. 4. Time, time, time. I have completed 150 questions in 171 min. I used only 2 minute break during the exam. Sometimes I was giving myself only 10-15 seconds on the question, to accumulate time for more challenging questions. The below picture is my Learnzapp balance on the last day of the exam. The progress bar was very subjective for me, but it was helping to track weakness and strength in the domains. As well it was good to quickly learn particular information by reviewing the test results (I suggest to review both - wrongly and correctly answered questions), it directs in dedicated ICS2 book chapter where you can read enhanced information.

Darrel believes that a database server in his environment was compromised using a SQL injection attack. Which one of the following actions would Darrel most likely take during the remediation phase of the attack? A. Rebuilding the database from backups B. Adding input validation to a web application C. Reviewing firewall logs D. Reviewing database logs

Booking a date for the exam and then counting down the days, was really difficult for me to do. So, after the last group session on Thursday, I thought this would be a good time for me to test my knowledge. So yesterday I booked the exam for this afternoon and by the grace of the GOD and knowledge shared by everyone in this group and prayers of my family, I was able to successfully get through this exam. The journey was really challenging but I would like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your support. Special shoutout to @Josh Botz @Vincent Primiani @Clifford Jenkins @S M @M B @Sara M@Asad Anwer @Deepu Thomas

Members who've passed the CISSP while in the group - @N P @Roshan Laloo @Rakesh Gupta @Clifford Jenkins @Jon Brown @Nancy Ziebarth @Chris Harmon @Praveen Anantharaman @Jeremy Moran @Duane Leem @Carlos Whisenhunt @Peter Kuczynski @Teresa Rothaar @Sai Saranya Maru @Akhil D @Samuel James @Sai Saranya Maru @Samuel Agunloye @Ramana Cv @Richard Abimiku @M B ...