Anybody taken the CISSP Exam?

**Coyotemac** · March 26th, 2004, 12:15 AM

Hi All -

I guess this post will ID me as "one of the hated" but here we go:

Anyone taken the CISSP (http://cissps.com/) yet? (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) I'm going to be taking it at the end of June and wondered if anyone had any insight on what's important, what's not - what books/materials to use, etc...

I've had my CISA (Certified IS Auditor) (http://www.isaca.org ) for a few years now but some of the material for the CISSP is pretty new to me.

**Pinnacle** · March 29th, 2004, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Coyotemac

Hi All -

I guess this post will ID me as "one of the hated" but here we go:

Anyone taken the CISSP (http://cissps.com/) yet? (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) I'm going to be taking it at the end of June and wondered if anyone had any insight on what's important, what's not - what books/materials to use, etc...

I've had my CISA (Certified IS Auditor) (http://www.isaca.org ) for a few years now but some of the material for the CISSP is pretty new to me.

Why will this ID you as "one of the hated"? I have never even heard of this certification, but then I grew up in a barn, so there is much I do not know.

**Coyotemac** · March 31st, 2004, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Pinnacle

Why will this ID you as "one of the hated"? I have never even heard of this certification, but then I grew up in a barn, so there is much I do not know.

I'm an IS Auditor - just joking 'cuz no one likes to see us coming. I thought there might be some security folks around here that have had to get the CISSP.