I just got an email from ISC2 telling me that I am CISSP certified. Yay!
CISSP stands for Certified Information Systems Security Professional and is one of the most popular and renowned certificates in the information security arena. In practical terms the CISSP makes me much more attractive for clients and future employers.
I took my CISSP exam in the middle of April, got the exam results a week later, got Karthik to endorse me (thanks Karthik!), sent in my endorsement document and voila! – 3 days and I am CISSP certified. I am impressed the speed and clarity with which ISC2 has conducted everything beginning from the application till the the final certification.
CISSP covers 10 information security domains. I had worked in about 6-7 of these in various projects over the past 5 years of my professional career and that made it easier for me to be prepared for the CISSP exam. Just before the exam I studied for about 7-8 days, took a few mock tests, read through some summary notes and that was enough for me to clear the exam. To be honest the CISSP exam is not as difficult as it is made out to be. If you do have a lot of professional experience in the information security domain and spend some time doing some solid studies you are set to comfortably clear the exam.
I used the following resources for the exam:
- Official ISC2 Guide to the CISSP CBK
- CCCure.org resources
- FreePracticeTests.org (via CCCure.org)
- Group study with my Shelton colleagues (when I was there a few months ago) – Thanks guys!
- Chapter-end summaries from CISSP Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Fourth Edition
Next Targets – ISSAP sometime in the next 4 months and CISM in December 2009.
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Way to go!
Congrats! To me your prfession became just a little more exotic.
proud of u ! wishing may more to come !
@Mala, @Pavitra – Thank you!
Congrats Varun!!
CISSP coooool.. now you are certified security guy 
congrats. I am taking the exam on Jan 9th 2010 and I am ready right
now. I need to start looking for work in this field because I want
to leave the company that I am with now. So, wish me luck, I am
going for it!!
Hi Sheria, all the best for the CISSP exam and for the job hunt
too. Which city are you based out of?
Hi Varun, Can you please help me with my questions on CISSP. I have
CISSP relavent exp of 4 years in current copany. and 1.5 years
relavent in last company. But i am unable to understand what sort
of proof of employement in the specif areas of CISSP should we
provide. Can you please help me understand this thing. And am also
scratching my head about the below caluse some one already CISSP
certified authenticating me.