Mike Meyers' Cissp (R) Certification Passport

by Shon Harris

Mike Meyers, the industry expert on professional certification, and Shon Harris, author of the leading CISSP Certification Exam Guide, bring you this concise, affordable, and portable study tool for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072225785
• ISBN13: 9780072225785
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good book for review prior to exam

I thought this book was very well done, it does not claim to replace the CBK for the exam. Sure..of course there were some gaps in the material, but that is why CISSP requires several years of experience before you can sit for the exam. (I would classify myself as "expert" in 6 of the 10 domains, which is why I used it for a 2 week cram session prior to the test.) If you think a brain dump of exam question will allow you to pass the test you are sadly mistaken, you either know it or you don't. This book helped me to focus on the relevant material and get into the testing frame of mind to sucessfuly pass. ps. most of the online dumps/questions I saw were pretty abysimal, I would only classify 20-30% of the ones I saw as relevant. The Passports questions I would rate 60-70% meaningful.

Good book to accompany the Official Guide

I've read several reviews on this book that say it lacks the necessary depth; and I think they are a bit unfair. The objective of this book is simply to provide the least amount of information necessary to pass the exam. Conversely, many of the "larger" books contain information to teach the reader the subject, which may seem unnecessary to many who already know their subject matter. If you were to condense many of these books, you would end up with something resembling this one. Many other books encourage the reader to memorize unnecessary information, such as vendor specific data, history or countless examples that aren't really relevant to the exam. In memorizing this unnecessary matter, it is possible to overlook more important items. Basically, more information is not necessarily better information. This is the objective of this book. That being said, it would be extremely risky to rely solely on this book. This is because it contains the "least" information required, written some time ago, in an ever changing industry and exam. I passed the exam recently using this book and the Official Guide. At first I started using the Shon Harris All-In-One, but found her very irritating and long-winded, so I dropped it (literally and physically). Interestingly she is the co-author for this book, and some would consider this a very condensed version of the All-In-One Book. A lesser advantage of this book is that you can carry it and read it on trains, work etc. which I found very difficult to do with the bigger 1000 pager hardcover books.

Great overall guide for any level

I passed the exam last month using this is my primary reference. This book is well organized and touches on all the material, and should work well for any experience level. Of course you'll want to use at least one other guide (Advanced CISSP prep guide would be a good complement) and take plenty of practice exams, but I would highly recommend having passport in your library.

All I used to Pass the CISSP Exam

I just got my results back from ISC2 and I passed! All I used with the Passport book. It is a great book if you are already familiar with many of the topics of the exam and just need to get focused on what you need to know for the test.Thanks Shon Harris!Great Book

Readable, Disgestible

The CISSP strikes terror for some, since it is not an easy exam to prepare for. I picked up this book because of its portability (I travel so I need something light to carry around), not expecting anything substantial to be inside, only pointers to help me remember some of the material I have already covered. Instead, I found this book to be a gem, a book full of concise material written in style that is uncluttered, presented in a format that is structured. Plus, the book offers online questions for practice. Besides the occasional typo or two, the only fault I can criticize about the book is its Q & A section--it seemed a little too simple for a professional exam.Overall, I would recommend this book as a good first book to use, to quickly gain as much grasp of the security concepts in as little time as possible, and then slowly graduate to the more substantial offerings from QUE or Wiley.