I want to take the CISSP exam and need some opinions. First, my background -

I will be passing my Bachelors in Business Administration in three months
and no longer want to be with the B-Schools. They suck. Anyhow, I've been
with the security industry (a field that I've come to love since then) for
about 1 1/2 years. I know the basics of everything (win, linux, crypto and
what-not). For I want a prompt access to the security industry, I want
CISSP badly.

I want to know if it's possible to get the certification for people like me
who don't have any real life working experience but knows a load about
network security industry as a whole. Is it possible to pass the exam only
by reading the books and not-having any real life experiance?

By the way, I have planned to buy the following books -

CISSP Prep Guide by Kurtz and Hined
HSM I & II
Hacking Exposed
Hacking Linux Exposed
Infosec MGT Handbook
Comp Sec Basics - O' Reilly
Secrets and Lies
Applied Crypto

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
  

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