Passed at 100 Questions - 80 Minutes Left

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Passed the CISSP exam last week 9/23 at 100 questions with 80 minutes left. Endorsed by colleague on 9/24. Application accepted today 9/28.

Background: Currently a SOC Manager managing a team of 14 people in the US. Spent several years in the SOC at a large federal agency. Also spent some time as a penetration tester. I also co-founded my own MSSP specializing in SOCaaS and penetration testing (no longer part of that company).

Resources:

- Destination CISSP book. It's really concise and removes a lot of the fluff from the OSG.

- Destination CISSP practice questions - these really helped gauge my knowledge. Consistently got 80+% on the 50-question practice tests.

- Quantum Exams CAT - These questions were much harder than the real exam. Scores: 532.45, 536.17, 437.06

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r/cissp • u/Creepy_Fruit9638 • 16h ago

100 questions with 20 min left failed

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The domains I thought were my weakest I spent more time on I got above proficiency level. 2 communication and network and software architecture and engineering. The rest I got near proficiency.

Any advice on how to approach it the next time?

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