I am happy to inform you all that I passed the CISSP exam yesterday 31 Jan 2026!!! It was a great experience. I really appreciate this platform and people on the platform that helped me in solidifying the CISSP mindset from numerous exam practices. At 100 question the test engine stopped and advised me to complete a survey!!! at that time I had 90min left on the clock!!! I really paced myself on the test!!! My advice: ALWAYS THINK LIKE A MANAGER!!! IF I CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO BETTER!!!

They call the CISSP the "Gold Standard" for a reason. It isn't just an exam; it is a mental wave where every question sends you into an imaginary, real-life scenario. After 3 hours and 150 questions, I am thrilled to announce that I have officially passed!

Took my exam yesterday and it cut me off after the 100 question mark. I filled up the endorsement form and the waiting game begins. Special thanks to @Vincent Primiani for building such a supportive, encouraging community. More details: Exam prep: Materials (most helpful to least helpful): Kelly Handerhan CISSP audio, Pete Zerger's exam cram, Destination cert videos on youtube, clarification of concepts and application on ChatGPT, Prabh Nair coffee shots, Destination cert book, Sybex CISSP prep book. I learn well on videos (visually) and brief explanations - don't judge me on the books being last on the prep. Questions (only free stuff): Destination cert app, Learnzapp app, Andrew Ramdayal 50 hard cissp questions, Daily questions from @Vincent Primiani , youtube videos from just about every channel that said "CISSP question #", ChatGPT and Gemini daily quizzes, random questions on quizlet. These help boost confidence in the material that you know but are definitely not representative of the exam questions. Also important, your prep should stop a week before your exam. You need let the information soak and become second nature when you encounter a practice question - Ex: something something HTTPS - relevant concepts: Diffie Hellman key exchange, symmetric+asymmetric, port 443, App layer security, TLS, etc. Find keywords in the question and stuff associated with it should just flow through your brain automagically. Honestly nothing can fully prepare you for the exam. The best kind of practice questions are questions that offer scenarios and give you options to pick the best/least/first/last choice. Generally all answers are correct, some are more correct than others. My exam experience was very familiar to the PMP last year at the same location and cleared it, so similar that I got assigned the same computer, lol! Although the test gives you 180 minutes, you lose about 4 minutes out the gate with the NDA and other administrative stuff. Also, bring two different IDs.

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I am excited to share that I have provisionally passed the CISSP exam today It took a while, months of effort and discipline, including overcoming a previous failed attempt. Thanks to my family, friends and CISSP Study Group Community, i could have not done this without any of you! @Vincent Primiani thanks for putting together this wonderful community of liked minded people, with a common goal of achieving the much sought after CISSP certification. I'm not going anywhere, i am still going to be a member of this community and help where i can, and of course onto the next one ......