Taking the cissp exam, any advice?

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Always answer like a manager. It’s not a tech exam. Personal safety is always first! Here are all important. Thank me later

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If you have the practice exam software, use it to help you identify areas to focus your study. It saved me a lot of time. The software used to come with one of the books.

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CISSP exam has a broader management focus across the 10 domains. It doesn’t go deep in any one area. I would recommend taking a boot camp, prep/study before and after class, and then take the exam on the following Saturday. It’s a lot of information and a lot of work that week, but IMO, it’s better to just focus on it and kill yourself for that week instead of spreading it out. That approach worked better for me because of life and family obligations. I still learned a lot even trying to cram all that information down in that week

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I’ve been in Infra for about 8-9 years with focus on cloud/devops the past couple. What would an appropriate amount of study be for this ? Also, what is the practice exam software ?

SD1- do you put a lot of value to a cissp when hiring? What other cert would you advise in?

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