I am so excited to share that I provisionally passed my CISSP exam, on Saturday September 5th. I want to thank Vincent Primiani for creating and managing this CISSP study group community and special thanks to my fellow study group learners in my study group (Ed, Ricardo, Enrico, Victor, Thomas, Mike, Matthew, Pavithra and many more.) See the attached resources I used in my CISSP prep journey. Wishing you Good Luck if you are planning to appear for the exam soon.

Hello All, I am so happy to share that I provisionally passed my CISSP exam today :). I want to take this opportunity to thank this community and everyone who were part of the study groups that I was part of. Learned a lot from our discussions, tips and tricks and recommendations that you all shared. I am not sure how I would have passed it today without this community support! You all are awesome :). Completed the test in 100 questions in roughly 2hours and 10mins. Cleared in first attempt (had purchased peace of mind option but now wont have to use it). 11 weeks of preparation. I believe there are many ways/paths/strategies to reach the goal. Below are some of the things that worked for me, maybe you find something that works for you (most of the below ideas I copied from others success stories :)). Learning tips: - Made a broad study plan into 3 phases. Phase 1 and 2 is to complete all 8 domains. Phase 3 is rework and lots of tests. - Each week made a weekly plan of what has to be achieved in the following week. Week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. Review date is Thursday/Friday to see what is on track and obstacles.  - Took study holiday to catch up on/focused learning sessions. Took 4 days in total (1 each in week 2, 3 and 2 days before the exam day) - After each learning session, took 5-10mins to summarize what was learnt. Without looking. During the session wrote down the key words or headings and then fill it in at the end of the training session. Took quite a few pictures from the training sessions and was a good refresher to go through all the notes and pictures in last few days of the exam. - Learn every day. Take practice questions every day. - Used AI to deep dive and learn about the topic which I could not answer in the mock test. - Took mock tests from different sources/question banks. Taking from one source/question bank can create a bias to getting familiar with the pattern. Idea is to go beyond pattern recognition. - Built a rhythm/routine in the last few days. Repeated the same set of activities. My exam was in the afternoon, so for the last 5 days I did the same routine: Study for 1 hour, followed by morning run for 1 hour, short nap and post lunch full mock test for 2-3 hours! 

I provisionally passed the CISSP! Let me get a "Roll Tide" 🤣

I’ve officially passed my CISSP exam! A huge shoutout to this incredible community specially @Vincent Primiani , the cissp.app practice questions, and the insightful live group sessions for pushing me over the finish line. Appreciate all the support here! 🚀🎉

Hello all, I am excited to share that I have passed the CISSP exam. I want to thank everyone in this community who takes the time to answer questions, share their knowledge and encourage others. Your contributions made a real different in my journey. Thank you all for being part of my journey and I hope I can pay it forward by helping others as well.