Officially a CISSP today!

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Mostly followed advice from r/CISSP. Read the textbook cover to cover, loads of practice tests to find weak areas, then re-study, flip to random page and explain whatever pops up.

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Enjoy that bonus

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Congratulations!🎉🎉

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Congrats. How did you prep?

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Ima try this myself

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Nah, SANS is open book. I didn't even have to study hard for a couple of my certs from them. Plus their courses while technical are still entry level and really only cover the basics.

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What would be your #1 study tip?

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