Would anyone recommend the SANS Training or InfoSec Institute Bootcamp for studying for the CISSP? Firm is sponsoring so budget isn’t a concern

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Im a sans junkie...so go with them. But seriously, get the cissp on your own and use the budget they gave you to do the sans gsec or gcih or gmon

I did the CISSP boot camp with Sans and said fuck the exam after that bs material. Working on CISM now instead.

Training camp has the best CISSP prep week class and take the exam on day 6. That has the best pass rate. If you wait a week or more between the class and exam there is a huge drop in the exam pass rate.

Just buy a book and study on your own. That’s how I got mine. Cram an hour a day for a month and you’ll be fine.

Just do the bootcamp the firm sponsors in Atlanta and get the 11th hour book

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