I took my CISSP last month but did not pass, so now I'm looking into attending a bootcamp. Does anyone have any recommendations which one is good? I have been looking at Training Camp and Secure Ninja. There has been mixed reviews on Training Camp but not much on Secure Nina.
I have to echo what Mr. Roeglin said about certification prep boot camps. I would advise against them unless you need help with generic test taking; or it has been a significant time lapse (months) between your focused study and your exam date.
Boot Camps are a very quick and high level review of the material. It's meant to be a reminder about what high level topics are on the exam, and not a deep dive into those optics. Think along the lines of "Hey, remember this? Let's move on." Boot camps are not really there to teach you anything new. A boot camp, no matter how highly rated, is not going to condense 5-10 years of experience in 2 or 3 different specialized occupations into a one or two week lecture.
Most of the time, the feedback that I got from attendees was that the boot camp coach/presenter/teacher was unable to re-frame any of the material in a way that unlocked new understanding or created an epiphany.
So, please consider why you're attending a boot camp. It's mostly just slides with the exam topics pasted up on the screen for about 30 seconds each kind of like a guided flash-card type study with some coaching on exam taking thrown in. In that case, in my opinion, you're best just getting the cheaper offering.
I have used Secure Ninja and can recommend them as being a very competent training provider. They provided me more hands-on than book learning. I did my CISSP bootcamp through either Training Camp or Global Knowledge (it's been 10+ years so I can't remember) and I have since taken another course through Global Knowledge on a different topic so that maybe why they are stuck in my head. I would always recommend a bootcamp to be the cherry on top of your studying and not the foundation or only thing you use to pass a certification. My CISSP bootcamp was taken a year after I began studying. I also passed Security+ and Network+ during that year to gain strength in those domains. Since you have already been studying, a bootcamp may help you with test taking skills or defeating the habits of an IT technician to attack the test versus think like management, but not sure how much more you will get out of it. I have also seen some of the cheaper vendors bring in "teachers" of various degree of effectiveness.
Thanks! Congratulations on passing the exam. I inquired about the InfoSec as well. How long did you study for prior to boot camp. I tried the self-study route using the following resources: CISSP Study Guide, Cybrary, CCure Quiz Engine, along with some YouTube videos.
The most difficult domains for me were the technical ones where I scored below proficiency. The remaining domains were near proficiency or above proficiency. Thanks for the link to the addition resource. I have been using Cybrary, CCure Quiz Engine, and the CISSP study guide. I will looking into the the CISSP Eleventh Hour Study Guide. Thanks. Dave
Thanks for the feedback on Secure Ninja. I've also used Global Knowledge for my ITIL cert. I agree with your assessment about using the boot camp for testing taking tips. The new CISSP is computer adaptive now with 150 questions with a 3-hour time limit. You cannot skip questions and go back to them later. I sort of ran out of time towards the end and was rushing through the last 15 questions or so.
I have problem with BootCamp & CATALINA, the process start normally but progress stops at "PARTITIONING DISK". I must stop bootcamp and delete partition created with Disk Utility to start again, but the same problem.
Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities. From your post I see you have some questions about using Boot Camp with Windows 10 on macOS Catalina. This article shows how you can install Windows 10 on macOS Catalina: Get started with Boot Camp on Mac.
I too am having issues with BootCamp and Catalina on my 2017 iMac. After upgrading from Mojave I tried to use BootCamp to install Windows and it immediately tells me "Boot Camp cannot be installed to a split Fusion drive. In order to install Boot Camp please restore your drives to Fusion." I'm assuming that this was caused by the upgrade to Catalina. I guess I should have done the BootCamp thing first and then upgraded but I would have figured that Apple would have tested BootCamp on Catalina with Fusion drives...... My 2015 Mac Book Pro already had a BootCamp partition and after upgrading it to Catalina it still works but it does not have a Fusion drive.
Had a bit of trouble with partitioning with BootCamp on 2018 MacBook Air with Catalina. The second attempt worked as it should so not sure what the issue was? Windows 10 Home installed fine and then BootCamp installed drivers. Two finger scrolling seems way to sensitive and fast, and I have yet to find a option in Win or BootCamp option to reverse scroll direction. Battery life is typical of BootCamp about half of what Mac OS is. My personal preference in the past was Windows with a VM like Parallels which I think I may go back to that.
Hi, I solved this kind of problem. To use BootCamp your hard disk must no have any partition. If you have one, first you should delete it, then recover that space for your main macOS (Catalina, Mojave), then start BootCamp assistant. With this procedure I installed Windows 10 in my MacBook Pro and MacMini.
Bit concerned about the new split partition stuff on the MacOS install as my setup was a pain as it was. Have a late 2015 MBP with SDD in 3 partitions. HFS+ for MacOS (60g) NTFS for Windows (60g) and a Fat32 shared drive with the rest of the space. I can rebuild either/both my Mac or Windows install if required, but would rather not spend the time on it.
I have 10.15.1 and still having a problem. I just upgraded to Catalina and my partition part of Windows is either extremely slow or not working at all. I have Windows 10 Pro version 1903. I wonder if I should update Windows? I haven't found a solution yet for this. I contacted Apple about this and passed the buck to Microsoft. They in turn said it's an Apple problem
I tried to install it twice in our 2016 MPB and first time it stopped while partitioning. Started over and it installed fine but cannot set up windows because it won't see the wifi network. Installed without wifi and it says that windows doesn't have the driver for my network card. Not sure what to do now except start over?
From a fresh Catalina (and up to day) installation I downloaded a windows 10 iso from the web (now only a november edition available). I installed it running boot camp, then after restart finished the windows install without network driver (no WiFi) or Bluetooth. Then in the windows desktop, boot camp tried to finish install. After 40% - 60% it ALWAYS crashed leading to windows blue screen, restarted and any attempt to complete and install the drivers crashed both Catalina and Windows, in and endless restart loop, only leaving the option for internet recovery
I called up Apple support did all troubleshooting step but it didn't find anything to recover the lost bootcamp partition, they said my case was 1 in a million. went to third party recovery support and didn't find the partition, tried again with another recovery company leave the Macbook Pro but still no luck.
My issue is that I haven't been able to get the wireless card to work... I am having to use a wired connection to get updates, etc. I ran the Apple Software Update and was really hoping that the item regarding wi-fi would resolve my issue, but no such luck.
But I do agree with ArielLeslie on a lot of her points. A degree does open doors more easily (CS or not). However I do get why some folks may want to jump into bootcamps; perhaps in time they will be accredited- some already are partnered with Universities.
It can help, yes.
Take the time to look in to the programme the junior college offers - then look into universities that will accept the credits from those courses. If you take classes at a junior college you want them to count toward a four year programme in case you choose to go that route.
The in-person summer bootcamp is for undergraduates who may be interested in public health informatics. They will be offered in different locations each summer, open to all currently enrolled undergraduate students. The first week of the 2-week experience will be comprised of a combination of informational lectures and hands-on, practice exercises. The students will spend the second week working on research projects. They will be divided into small groups with faculty mentors. Project ideas may come from the faculty or the students.
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