Some feedback from a recent CISSP test-taker (who passed)

One of my recent students shared this with me, and gave me permission to post it:

“I’m not sure if you remember but I am the student that just graduated college with a Cyber Security degree and won the CISSP class in a raffle. I was lucky enough to be trained by you on scholarship and capitalized on it and now I am an Associate of Isc2.

            In terms of the exam, the main thing I studied was the notes from your class. I memorized each and every foot stomper. You covered everything I saw on the exam but some of the questions were extremely detailed in things we barely brushed over. I also read the entire study guide by doing 30 pages a day. I didn’t use the Sunflower guide because I felt as if it went into too much unnecessary detail in some parts. I also bought the Boson practice tests but I didn’t use them at all.

            The main thing that helped me besides your class was this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-99b1YUFx0A. It just helped to enforce the idea that the CISSP exam is managerial and about half of the questions I saw I referred back to this video. Instead of solving the problem instantly I thought of what a manager would do. To put your future students at ease, you can tell them I have no working experience and all I did was read the study guide, took your class and watched that one youtube video and I passed. Once again, thank you for all the help with everything. Your class has left a lasting impact on me and I will always be grateful.”

 I am impressed by the accomplishments of this young person; very well done, and thanks for sharing insight into your experience! I expect big things from you in our industry. I hope you will hire me to work for you someday!