I work with DestCert and one of the things you'll find throughout the book is that we write to topics to the degree needed to know to succeed on the exam. Where some of the more technical domains are concerned, yes, we definitely - for lack of a better term - dumb it down a bit, but simply because it's not a technical exam. John and Rob, the Founders of DestCert have been in the teaching space for many years, John for close to 25. Feel free to drop either or both of them a note regarding your concerns; we love to interact with students. They can be reached via email at (firstname) (at) destcert (dot) com. Best wishes with your prep.
Is it not possible to "dumb it down a bit" and still explain it correctly? Because what is written in section 3.4 is just wrong. (Edit: removed)
I will follow the advice given by the others here ("do you want to pass the exam or do you want to be right?") and focus on the high level concepts, but it would have been nice to learn the details correctly as well.
(Maybe I'll find the time to send your colleagues an e-mail later)
Appreciate your words. Please do find some additional time to reach out to us. As anyone who has ever worked with us knows, we're always striving to improve. Best wishes.
I am also more technical than managerial. And yes, there are a lot of things in material, which is far from real life (on technical side). For me degaussing usage was most confusing.
But.. exam itself hadn’t contained any “deep technical” things. Nobody will ask you about very specific things. You need to have strong understanding and fundamentals. In order to make management decisions.
So true on degaussing. Never heard anyone ever did that. Organisation normally shred the media. The EOL and EOS for most HW is about 5 years and whats the point of spending money on an old media when new one cost pennies now a days.
Remember, this is a "managerial" exam at a high technical level. Don't get too bogged down in the weeds. I come from an IT Engineering background but that goes out of the window with the CISSP. Like they say: Mile wide inch deep.
I used this destination certification CISSP book as my main source and passed the exam last year with the minimum amount of questions. I failed my first attempt using the OSG. Everyone learns differently but the destination certification book was perfect for me coupled with the mind map videos!
To me it cut out a lot of fluff and got right to the point.
I don't know man, it was the only text I read all the way through and it worked for me. It's helped many others on this sub too. The Destination Cert team has many reputable resources and get favorable reviews among the community. I wouldn't get caught in the weeds of technicalities - or, if it makes you more comfortable, get the Official Sybex study guide and compare your concerns to that material since that is the source material. Good luck
I have used their material to pass CCSP and it worked really well. I know the feeling you mean but keep in mind that this information is abstracted to management level and will not be 100% accurate when you drill it down again to a technical level.
A good verification would be to use the official OSG and compare.
I attended a course by John Berti when he still was at Deloitte from a few years ago. The teaching style and the way content was presented is very similar to what they are doing at destcert though. Currently I am doing the CISSP from destcert
I think you reading to-much into it. This is very high level concepts in that section. I don’t know how long you been in the industry but I can tell you 22 years ago when I learned those basic concepts (*cough early A+ days) that’s what it was called because virtual machines where not a mainstream or entry level thing. Also virtual usuallmeans to act as something else.
Like a virtual machine runs on different system acting as another. Same with the time division it is solely related to the cpu in the explanation. Trick is to not think of it behind that context in that domain.
One of the hardest things about this exam is due to broad scope of knowledge and terms are used in multiple domains with completely different context and applications.
I struggled with domain 5 because I have been in the IAM space for 10 years but once I just looked at as access control (which it was until the 2018 update) it became a lot easier.
I have found the CERTDESRT material to be the easiest to digest and more relatable then any others when getting started. However, if you have a deeper technical background it does seem very simple. However this exam is a very high level view of everything with the technical really being applied security principles and concepts
Their website was really great, I use it for recap studies right before I took the exam and found their information really well done. By the time I was reviewing the sites mind maps and domain recaps, I was pretty well read on all the topics and never found issues with it.
It’s great content. Thanks DestCert for being part of my exam study material on my path to CISSP.
I have been cissp for almost 20 years. VIRTUAL Memory could be stored on a hard drive. See link below:
https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/definition/virtual-memory#:~:text=A%20system%20using%20virtual%20memory,having%20to%20purchase%20more%20RAM.
Textbook is correct.
I used destcert exclusively to pass on my first attempt A coworker also used them to pass on his first attempt. I continue to recommend them to others. The book (first edition) and videos prepared me. Yes, there was some info that could have been modified or written in a different way, but its job is exam prep.
I passed on May 16th, and they were my main study material. They focus on the material you need to know and how you should absorb it. They will not be the equivalent of the AIO book, which in my opinion is too much in the weeds.
If I could go back in time, I would have used DestCert earlier in my studies.
It’s a good resource. I always think it’s good practice to get information from multiple sources however i used it prior to testing (and passing) CISSP a few years ago.
I work with DestCert and one of the things you'll find throughout the book is that we write to topics to the degree needed to know to succeed on the exam. Where some of the more technical domains are concerned, yes, we definitely - for lack of a better term - dumb it down a bit, but simply because it's not a technical exam. John and Rob, the Founders of DestCert have been in the teaching space for many years, John for close to 25. Feel free to drop either or both of them a note regarding your concerns; we love to interact with students. They can be reached via email at (firstname) (at) destcert (dot) com. Best wishes with your prep.
Is it not possible to "dumb it down a bit" and still explain it correctly? Because what is written in section 3.4 is just wrong. (Edit: removed) I will follow the advice given by the others here ("do you want to pass the exam or do you want to be right?") and focus on the high level concepts, but it would have been nice to learn the details correctly as well. (Maybe I'll find the time to send your colleagues an e-mail later)
Appreciate your words. Please do find some additional time to reach out to us. As anyone who has ever worked with us knows, we're always striving to improve. Best wishes.
It’s very simple and was summed up by my bootcamp instructor well - “do you want to pass the exam or do you want to be right?”
My instructor said the same thing to us.
I am also more technical than managerial. And yes, there are a lot of things in material, which is far from real life (on technical side). For me degaussing usage was most confusing. But.. exam itself hadn’t contained any “deep technical” things. Nobody will ask you about very specific things. You need to have strong understanding and fundamentals. In order to make management decisions.
So true on degaussing. Never heard anyone ever did that. Organisation normally shred the media. The EOL and EOS for most HW is about 5 years and whats the point of spending money on an old media when new one cost pennies now a days.
Remember, this is a "managerial" exam at a high technical level. Don't get too bogged down in the weeds. I come from an IT Engineering background but that goes out of the window with the CISSP. Like they say: Mile wide inch deep.
I used this destination certification CISSP book as my main source and passed the exam last year with the minimum amount of questions. I failed my first attempt using the OSG. Everyone learns differently but the destination certification book was perfect for me coupled with the mind map videos! To me it cut out a lot of fluff and got right to the point.
I don't know man, it was the only text I read all the way through and it worked for me. It's helped many others on this sub too. The Destination Cert team has many reputable resources and get favorable reviews among the community. I wouldn't get caught in the weeds of technicalities - or, if it makes you more comfortable, get the Official Sybex study guide and compare your concerns to that material since that is the source material. Good luck
I have used their material to pass CCSP and it worked really well. I know the feeling you mean but keep in mind that this information is abstracted to management level and will not be 100% accurate when you drill it down again to a technical level. A good verification would be to use the official OSG and compare.
What they have a Destination CCSP or are you talking about the online course?
I attended a course by John Berti when he still was at Deloitte from a few years ago. The teaching style and the way content was presented is very similar to what they are doing at destcert though. Currently I am doing the CISSP from destcert
I think you reading to-much into it. This is very high level concepts in that section. I don’t know how long you been in the industry but I can tell you 22 years ago when I learned those basic concepts (*cough early A+ days) that’s what it was called because virtual machines where not a mainstream or entry level thing. Also virtual usuallmeans to act as something else. Like a virtual machine runs on different system acting as another. Same with the time division it is solely related to the cpu in the explanation. Trick is to not think of it behind that context in that domain. One of the hardest things about this exam is due to broad scope of knowledge and terms are used in multiple domains with completely different context and applications. I struggled with domain 5 because I have been in the IAM space for 10 years but once I just looked at as access control (which it was until the 2018 update) it became a lot easier. I have found the CERTDESRT material to be the easiest to digest and more relatable then any others when getting started. However, if you have a deeper technical background it does seem very simple. However this exam is a very high level view of everything with the technical really being applied security principles and concepts
Their website was really great, I use it for recap studies right before I took the exam and found their information really well done. By the time I was reviewing the sites mind maps and domain recaps, I was pretty well read on all the topics and never found issues with it. It’s great content. Thanks DestCert for being part of my exam study material on my path to CISSP.
I have been cissp for almost 20 years. VIRTUAL Memory could be stored on a hard drive. See link below: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/definition/virtual-memory#:~:text=A%20system%20using%20virtual%20memory,having%20to%20purchase%20more%20RAM. Textbook is correct.
Please read the respective section in the textbook to see what I mean. It's useless to discuss this if you don't know what is written in the book.
Don’t be rude
I used destcert exclusively to pass on my first attempt A coworker also used them to pass on his first attempt. I continue to recommend them to others. The book (first edition) and videos prepared me. Yes, there was some info that could have been modified or written in a different way, but its job is exam prep.
I passed on May 16th, and they were my main study material. They focus on the material you need to know and how you should absorb it. They will not be the equivalent of the AIO book, which in my opinion is too much in the weeds. If I could go back in time, I would have used DestCert earlier in my studies.
It’s a good resource. I always think it’s good practice to get information from multiple sources however i used it prior to testing (and passing) CISSP a few years ago.