Well, you could definitely read lots of books and pass the exam. After all,
the exam is designed to test your knowledge on the InfoSec field (be it the
first hand or second knowledge).

However, you would be (pleasently) surprised to find out that what you know
about InfoSec currently are probably just two of the ten domains to be tested
upon (Crpto and Telecom). You would have to read up real bad to get the the
scoop of the other 8 domains.

Oh, one more thing, you will need to prove you have three years of InfoSec
experience before they would let you write the exam, so you might want to put
it off for a couple of years...

Regards,

Chris

Quoting "zingalamadunius@yahoo.com" <zingalamadunius@yahoo.com>:

> 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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