The flagship ISC knighthood so many desire yet few attain. I never wanted anything to do with the CISSP, the acronyms seems to annoy me well before I got my hands on the literature: ‘ISC’, ‘Domains’ and ‘CBKs’ — the dominant has nothing to do with the domain I knew about, Why the sudden use of acronyms?
And then the physical size of the book coupled with, what felt like a very seriously written first few chapters. Nope, I wasn’t impressed, everything screamed boring and elitist. Defiantly not for cool cyber guys sitting behind a shell terminal.
I needed up reading the first few chapters, pausing between pages to remind myself how dumb this book was whilst also curing my insomnia. My newfound slumber routine was interrupted after some months. I found the source of my self-made-disgruntlement, in plain sight.
“…I encourage you to not start at the start…”
If you decide to self-study like I did, which I believe you can. I encourage you to not start at the start. It’s better you find a chapter or a topic you can relate to and start there. Rather than waking to the sound of a heavy book falling from your lap re-reading every page on civil law.
In this video, cover the upsides of the CISSP, why and how I was wrong, how to pass first time, and some tips that might help you along the way.
Let me know how you get on!
