How to Pass CISSP in 2024: Pass the Exam on Your First Try
By Prabh Nair
Summary
## Key takeaways - **Start with Videos First**: Always recommend to start preparing for CISSP from videos because videos explain topics in detail, making it easier to read the book afterward. Highly recommend Thor Pedersen's Udemy videos and free Pete Cram YouTube videos. [01:07], [01:49] - **Cybox 9th or 10th Edition**: Refer to the Cybox 9th Edition if you have it, as it's still sufficient since videos cover updates; otherwise wait for the 10th Edition by Mike Chapple rolling out around June 10-15 for better visibility. [02:22], [02:53] - **Three Tier Question Banks**: Practice with LearnZapp (5000+ topic-mapped questions), Boson for manager thinking maturity, and Luke Ahmed's Think Like a Manager for handling technical questions and managerial perspective. [06:20], [08:52] - **Pre-Question Videos Essential**: Before practice questions, watch Andrew Ramdayal's video on eliminating options and thinking like a manager, Kelly Handerhan's 15-minute C-I-A video, and DN's think like a manager video. [09:25], [10:09] - **Last Two Weeks: Mind Maps**: Two weeks before exam, watch Destination Certification's 10+ hour mind map videos for holistic connections, then read Prashant Mohan's Memory Palace for crisp summary of all books. [10:55], [11:50] - **Morning Study, Evening Review**: Start day with fresh mind for 2 hours of videos, reading, and questions in morning; review notes before sleep with manifestation to understand 'why' behind topics like symmetric crypto speed. [14:02], [15:00]
Topics Covered
- Videos First Unlock Book Clarity
- Layered Question Banks Build Manager Mindset
- Morning Study Maximizes Retention
- Grasp Why Over Technical Details
Full Transcript
hey guys welcome to the session on coffee with PR and today we're going to discuss about how to prepare for cisp exam in free free free free exactly
you're in the right channel where I'm going to discuss about the stepbystep process from the day one to day 30 how with the free resource not a complete free but yeah a combination with the
help of that you can able to clear the CSP new exam 2024 in a one month so before going to watch this video do subscribe to my Channel and click on the Bell icon to make sure you should not
miss my future videos and if you talk about my profile you can check my LinkedIn I have a 17 plus year of experience in the information security and I'm taking a cssp from last approx
12 year so without wasting a time let's start with the first part thank you
[Music] [Music] okay so in this video Ive divided the entire activity a stepbystep process in
four or five steps the first step is that videos exactly I always recommend to start preparing for CSS from videos so there's are two resources which highly
recommend if you want to start the CSS with videos the first is called as a Mr th Peterson his videos are there on a UD me okay very cost effective very to the
point detail one video that you can basically refer and the second video which I would recommend is Mr Pete cram videos which is on YouTube so for more information you can check in my
description box I will share the playlist of that particular guy Now petcam videos are free videos which is available on YouTube and for Peterson
are the paid videos which is available on the udv so these are the two primary videos you can refer while preparing for the exam and I highly recommend start
with the videos first because videos will give you the explanatory topics video will explain you the topic in more detailed manner then it is easy for you to read in the book so that is a first part that is a book you have to start
with the book first okay now after watching either Thor video or petcam videos now you got the visibility now second is shall I refer any book
definitely the book if you already having a ninth Edition Cybex that is enough that is still enough because the compensatory the topics for that Thor Mr Pete has already covered in his YouTube
video but you know if you don't have any book then wait till June 10 or June 15 the 10th edition of cyx is going to be roll out by Mr Mike Chapel so it is a
cyx official guide Mike Chapel is the author and his 10th edition book is basically a very good book which give you the better visibility about the CP
so the from the book perspective the C CeX 10th edition that you can refer or if you're already having a n9th Edition that is decent enough so that is a book
part now after referring to the book pointers and all that you know so the best thing about the cyx book they have organized the domains into chapters so
in cissp we basically have a eight domains they organize into the eight domain because domains are representing as a department okay because once you clear the CP exam you need to
demonstrate your five years of experience in any two domain so that is why the cssp organized a content in a form of domain but Mike Chapel Cybex book which is a ninth or new which is
called 10th edition have organized all the particular eight domains into 21 chapters so I highly recommend when you reviewing those chapters okay in the first page of the book you can see how
many chapters are ma with particular domain so they organize the things into domain plus mapping with chapters now let's take example how to read book if you want to understand how to read book please check this particular video which
I already uploaded on YouTube because it will really help you to save your time now I'm imagining like you have complete the domain one video from pedc or th now
you refer the domain one from the Mike Chapel book after that you want to get the more clarity so I already have my coffee shots for domain one I uploaded some of the coffee shot now what is
coffee shot coffee shot basically mean for some topics I have created some questions because I personally believe to understand the topic more in deta detail you can basically map with the questions because questions give you
more clarity so after completing domain one you can refer those Coffee shots example like I already created a Coffee shots for the risk management uh BCP
threat modeling risk appetite all these Coffee shots compliance all are there so first domain one video then domain one book then Coffee shots so this is
basically solidify your concept so complete is book has so just assuming that okay you have completed the book you completed the video and from there you basically prepare the notes now one
more important thing is that after every chapter there's a key exam summaries there in a CeX please please please refer that summary because that is the most important point of every chapter do
not skip that I repeat after every chapter there is a exam summaries there make sure you should refer the exam summary because that is the most important blueprint of the exam so I'm
assuming you're done with the book you're done with the videos you're done with the coffee shot now it is in a stage where you have to practice questions so second part of this video we're going to discuss about what are
the different sours of practice questions you have to refer okay so second part of this particular video we're going to discuss about the practice questions okay in my previous
video okay uh I always refer some key pointers of practice questions and all that but today I can say there's a new source is out which is also give you good visibility of the practice question
so first question bank which is mobile app called as a learn Zed app okay in the description box I can share see I'm not getting any paid uh you can say partnership cost something from this
okay it is just a informative video which I want to create which give you awareness so there's no promotion video and all that and that company doesn't pay me anything so neither Mike Chapel is paying neither this learn Z app
compan is paying I'm just sharing what I basically refer to my paid customers okay so learn Z app is the first practice question Bank you should refer
now what is the benefit of learn Z app now in learn Z app they have more than 5,000 questions and those questions are basically mapped with the topics okay
let's take example you are referring to the risk management okay now you need to understand how the question can be framed so learn Z app basically have those questions which is mapped with
that particular topic one thing you need to understand in cissp you cannot clear the exam by just reading a book you have to practice more and more questions understand that's a very important part
so first question bank is basically called as a learn Zed app okay now I'm assuming you're done with the learns It app questions now during the questions you identifying some questions in which
having a w terms words and all that now note down all those pointers okay I'm getting repeatedly mistakes in BCP I'm getting repeatedly mistakes in cryptography so make a note of that and
refer points those points again from the cyx book okay how to read CeX I share again so there's a video I already uploaded on YouTube it will save your time it will save your time please
please please check that video okay so so second question bank is basically called as a bosone see when you're talking bosone again bosone company doesn't paying me for that content okay
I'm just sharing what I got the feedback so boson question bank is basically the language is somehow you get the same kind of exam but not at same but that give you visibility so you can say
maturity of learnet app is to give you visibility of cyx question then you move to the next level where you get a holistic view how to think like a manager and all that for that I refer
the boson question the third question bank I highly recommend you must do you must do which is called as a my brother book which is called as a Luke Ahmed 25
questions two major advantage of doing those question Bank One it give you visibility about how to think like a manager second it give you visibility about how to handle the technical
question that guy has spent more than a year for that book and the book has a great success story so my hum recommendation is refer that particular book so that you can get those those 25
questions give you more visibility about how to think like a manager so summary is that three practice questions first start with the learn app that give you quick summary quick recap of what is in
the CeX second is basically called bosone which give you more maturity about how to think like a manager identical to the the real exam kind of a thing but not like that but you get a visibility and the third is basically
called as a Luke Ahmed think like a manager question Bank fourth question bank is also so if you're not comfortable to pay learn at app and all that then Mike Chapel I think fourth
edition question bank will be out by next month so that you can check but I highly recommend learn that app question you can basically check okay that's the most important thing one more important thing before you start with all these
questions right all these four set of questions on all that before that there a one video you must watch this Andrew ramal video see I don't have any kind of insecurity in promoting other trainers
because my end goal is to give you the awareness okay I highly recommend even I recommend this video to my participants when they go for the question bank so before you're going to practice learnit
app questions before you're going to practice your boson questions or Luke ahed think like a manager check this video first this guy has basically created a visibility about how to think
like a maner manager how to eliminate and all that so this is video is a very good video is a eye opener video for you to how to think like a manager another video I highly recommend is Miss Kelly
henderhan her video is a 15 Minutes video which talk about the C principle and the third video is the very important video of DN who have created think like a manager and all that so
that videos you can basically refer now we done with the this uh what you called question Banks and all that now we moving to the next part the third part which is called as a important thing
that you have to refer 2 weeks before the exam so I'm assuming in 20 days okay 4 Hour a weekday and 8 Hour a weekend in
two three weeks you have complete all these things now most most important part here is basically what should we do two weeks before the exam because it's not
possible for you to refer book again so I highly recommend one video which you must watch is destination certification mind map see now you're in a position you understood
everything but how to connect so this mind map which is more than 10 hour quality content upload on the YouTube which is called destination certification Robert video John John B
so these videos are basically very important because it give you the holistic view of all the connectors and then from there you make a note so I'm assuming you have made the final notes
okay so after the destination certification CeX books and all that now you need a quick summary so there is another book you must must watch oh sorry must read which is called as a
Memory Palace by prashad Mohan my brother he did amazing job he already launched the latest version of Memory Palace what is the benefit of memory palaces it is a it's like a summary it
is like a crisp summary of all the books which is required for you to clear the exam he really did amazing job and there's a lot of success story talk about the prashad moan Memory Palace so refer that particular book okay week
before the exam so summar is that start with the videos get the clarity to validate the clarity read the cyx 9th Edition if you want you can also refer the all-in-one uh which is called Shan
Harris book once you're done with this you move to the question practice start with a Rand ramal video which give you understanding about how to eliminate questions and all that and then you can
basically refer the Cali video once you get the clarity from there you start with the practice questions the first is called as learn Z app which is like a uh testing the knowledge of CeX which is a
very good book a very good app then they have a second question bank which is called bosone third is Think Like a manager luk hmer and after that two week before the exam you can basically refer
the Mind map videos of destination certification and prashan moan Memory Palace from all these things you have to create only two page note and that note should be referred three week three days
before the exam because you don't have a time to refer everything and all that so it's very important you need to you know review all these things make sure I miss one point after every domain reading
after videos and reading you should refer my coffee shs I'm not promoting my coffee sh like that there's a reason for that because every coffee sh which I created it is topic wise so if you talk
about cryptography domain 4 domain 8 all those videos I already uploaded in YouTube channel if you want updated playlist domain wise drop me a comment I will basically share
the Google Drive Link for that okay so that is the most important part so this is basically all about the preparation that you have to follow in sequence now
second part of this particular video where I want to explain you how to think and what to think when you're preparing for cssp okay now I explain you what is
the sequence you have to follow see I highly recommend you start your day with cisp only so example like your mind is fresh okay so first 2 hour of your day
before you preparing for yourself office and all that you can start with the videos and in the night before sleeping review the notes because what I'll tell you reason why I highly recommend to
study in the morning because see you already spend your 9 to 10 hours in the office and after that exhaustiveness and all that you're going to concentrate it is difficult so your mind is basically
very fresh your mind is very focused in the morning so I highly recommend okay I highly recommend to do the all the reading stuff video stuff and practice questions in the morning and what are
the revisions you have before going to sleep to basically review those topics and before going to sleep do manifestation okay I'm thinking I'm a manager if I'm using symmetric cryptography this is how I'm doing a
data encryption so that memory with manifestation will help you rain the topic so do not read the book only for the sake of clearing the exam understand why be behind the topic it's a very
important part I'll explain with the example symmetric cryptography is basically use same key to encrypt and decrypt the data if you remember like this you will not able to remember the things but understand the use case okay
it use same key to encrypt decrypt the data because it is basically faster why a asymmetric was introduced to key exchange okay now domain four now in
domain four do I need to read so detailed technical things no I'm reading IPC IPC is a protocol suit which is used to prot IB packets right but exam is all
about why okay until as your why is not clear you cannot able to understand the concept okay I understood IPC used to protu the packet suit okay so you have a
Clarity how IPC work then only know how the IPC use in the company is it clear like IPC is a protocol security so IPC work on layer three understood so that is how you need to understand so until
you don't know how IPC work you won't able to answer the question in the exam now let's say another example is firewall firewall is a device which is used to protect the organization from
Exel attack so how fireal works you should know high level that is why you can able to answer in the exam if the question talking about any problem statement okay you are a security consultant company want to implement
solution to protect from external attacks oh okay answer is firewall because you ref you read the firewall in the CX so when you're reading a domain three and domain four don't do deep technical understand high level how it
works use chat GPT and with that reference you can basically prepare the topic that's the most important part now second most important part when you're doing a preparations and all that is when you practice questions do practice
question in the morning and all the revisions do in the evening for those Point that's the most important part the day before the exam day before
the exam and do Ram video and all your summary notes that you prepare that you should refer that's it and by evening just relax morning don't do anything if
you have a morning exam because you want to use your three hour of energy in that particular exam so my recommendation is basically don't do anything in the morning the day of the exam so this is
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