If you missed it last time, May Brooks is graciously welcoming CISSP Study Group members back into her CISSP Masterclass! Completely free! This live session will be held on: Sunday, December 7th — 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM *Dubai time* (please check your time zone conversion) May is one of the most respected CISSP instructors worldwide. She’s an ISC2 Board Member, co-author of the Official CISSP Study Guide, a TEDx speaker, bestselling author (Scams, Hacking, and Cybersecurity). Having her open her masterclass to our group speaks volumes about the reputation you all have built here. Here’s what this means for you: 📚 Free Access to Mae’s Masterclass – If you’re serious about passing the CISSP, this is one of the most valuable sessions you can attend 💡 Ideal for All Levels – Whether you’re early in your studies or testing soon, Mae’s perspective will give you insights you won’t get anywhere else. 🤝 Community Recognition – May specifically wanted our study group to join because she believes in what you’re building here. See you there! Link & Access Info

Passed at the 100th question. Very exciting. Over 400hrs of active reading across the entire Cybex official study guide, learnzapp, and quantum exams practice exams. never really scored above 78%... but the practice exams helped train me on how to read the questions. There were a lot of FIRST, LAST, BEST, MOST, LEAST, NOT operative words in almost every question. Make sure your test taking skills are primed and ready to detect gotchas. Good Luck out there. Thanks for all the support. OH... and see my other post for a more detailed outline of my study program.

I am excited to share that I have provisionally passed the CISSP exam today It took a while, months of effort and discipline, including overcoming a previous failed attempt. Thanks to my family, friends and CISSP Study Group Community, i could have not done this without any of you! @Vincent Primiani thanks for putting together this wonderful community of liked minded people, with a common goal of achieving the much sought after CISSP certification. I'm not going anywhere, i am still going to be a member of this community and help where i can, and of course onto the next one ......

A pharmaceutical company stores decades of proprietary research data in encrypted archives. Recent threat intelligence reports warn that several nation-state actors are collecting large volumes of encrypted data today (“harvest-now, decrypt-later”) in preparation for future quantum decryption capabilities. The company currently uses RSA-2048 for key exchange and AES-256 for bulk encryption. What is the MOST critical action to take to protect the long-term confidentiality of this archived data? A. Increase RSA key length to 4096 bits to delay quantum-based decryption timelines. B. Migrate to a hybrid post-quantum key-establishment scheme (e.g., classical + lattice-based) for future encryptions and begin re-encrypting high-value archives. C. Deploy quantum-random number generators (QRNGs) to improve entropy for new cryptographic keys. D. Implement HSM-protected symmetric keys with annual rotation to strengthen present-day cryptographic hygiene.

A large financial services company is updating its security testing program. The red team reports that modern AI-driven attack tools can automatically craft polymorphic payloads, evade signature-based controls, and generate targeted spear-phishing content indistinguishable from human-written messages.The CISO wants to ensure that the organization’s security testing program can accurately measure resilience against these new capabilities. Which testing approach MOST effectively validates the organization’s defenses against AI-augmented attack techniques? A. Perform quarterly vulnerability scans using updated threat signatures and CVE databases. B. Conduct adversarial machine learning (AML) evaluations to measure susceptibility to model poisoning and evasion attacks. C. Integrate AI-enabled BAS (Breach and Attack Simulation) tools that continuously replicate evolving attacker TTPs across email, endpoint, and network layers. D. Run annual red-team exercises focused on social engineering and spear-phishing campaigns executed manually by trained personnel.