I’m officially a CISSP
I’ve been meaning to write a post about passing the CISSP exam, but the time to do so has eluded me, until now.
I received the results of the CISSP exam on October 11th, four days after I took the test in New York City. Naturally, I was thrilled, and posted as such to the SCC. Wasting no time, I had my manager, who is a CISSP (among other certs), fill out the endorsement form. I promptly faxed the form, along with my resume, to (ISC)2. And then I waited.
According to the email, it was supposed to take 2-3 weeks for (ISC)2 to process my information and validate that I met the requirements for the certification. So after 3.5 weeks, with no other communication, I started to get concerned. After emailing support, I received the following response:
We apologize for the delay but our system has not been able to process any certificates for three weeks due to a very large upgrade. We expect to begin again this week. We ask that you give two weeks to actually receive your certificate. If you still do not receive it, please write back. Thank you for your patience.
So when did I receive word that I am officially a CISSP? November 15th, fully five weeks after the news that I passed the exam. And I didn’t receive my certificate until over a week later, November 24th.
I suppose it could be worse. A colleague of mine took the exam in mid-October in Florida, and he just received his exam results yesterday. While waiting five weeks for their verification process was annoying, waiting over four weeks just to get the exam results must be downright painful.
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Man, congratulations! I’ve been there and I know what you do feel now. Breath easier!
If anyone is interested in my experince during exam and about CISSP exam preparation resources, read my blog at http://securecyber.blogspot.com (search for the “CISSP” word).
If you have any questions, post them in the blog or e-mail directly.
Consider yourself lucky. I took the CISSP exam on November 10th, 2007. Today is exactly 28 days since I took it and I still not heard if I even passed the exam! I don’t know whether I have to start studying again to re-take an exam which I may have failed, or whether I should pick up my life and start moving forward again.
It’s like being stuck underwater, you don’t know when you can breathe again.
PAINFUL is not even the WORD for it. It is smothering, overwhelming, stultifying.
KW
Way to go nephew!