Author: Dave Farquhar

People frequently ask me how long to study for CISSP. Unfortunately it’s hard to give a set answer for that, but I can tell you how to figure out how long you need to study for it. That’s almost as good.

Don’t believe anyone who tells you they can get you ready in x number of days or weeks or even months. No one can know where you are relative to what you need to know to pass that test.

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Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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A CISSP is a professional certification. To attain CISSP, a professional must pass a six-hour, 250-question test and must have five years of professional experience doing work related to computer security. But after attaining the certification, what does a CISSP do?

An easy question on the test would involve what you have to be concerned about when running network cable through an HVAC duct. A medium-difficulty question might ask whether the CDMA or GSM standard for cell phones is more secure, and why. A hard question or series of questions would involve reading several pages of executive summary about a data breach and making recommendations to prevent it from happening again.

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Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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