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Summary: Good enough to pass the exam -- despite some typos
Comment: Overall, the book provides a good coverage of the exam material at a reasonable price and is easy to read, especially if compared to Harris book and the Official (ISC)2 Guide. At the same time, I noticed a few typos and inaccuracies, which was very unfortunate. That was why I gave it 2 stars instead of 4 that it deserves. At the end, it did the job, and I passed the exam, although, after reading this book, I reviwed a few CBK domains I was less familiar with in the Official (ISC)2 Guide. Unfortunately, none of the books I checked, including a more expensive Harris book and moreover, none of the cheap overviews like the Passport book, provides a 100% coverage of the material that is tested. Therefore, unless you have a real IT-related experience, you may be caught by surprise at the exam, no matter which book(s) you used. As for the typos, even the Official Guide has a few.
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Summary: Good book to read
Comment: I think "Dogger is very unfair on his review". To me I am preparing for the exam due to take this month end and have most of those books, but yet I find this book quite easy to read, has got lots of info which is quite well represented and goes straight into the head. I personnaly feel this book is equally good. I will provide more comments once I take this exam.
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Summary: Good text, and recieved an unfair review from "Dogger"
Comment: Ignore "Dogger" review. The text of his review for this book is almost identical to his review of another book for CISSP - CISSP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, 3rd Edition by McGraw Hill. Sour grapes, possibly? I am about 50% through this text, and find it to be very easy to read. I will update this review after sitting the examination.
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Summary: Please give an unbiased review....
Comment: In response to M. from NY - "Sloppy work" posted July 10, 2006:
I am the primary author on this book.
M. from NY - I appreciate your comments. I appologize for any errors or typos that appear in the text. However, several of the items you mentioned as problems are not so. Yes, there are typos, but you won't find a single book in print that does not have typos. Authors and editors try to eliminate these, but they continue to crop up due to the number of people who handle manuscripts and tools used to get materials into print. Yes, even in multiple editions, old errors can be retained and new errors introduced.
P 54 - yes, ICMP is mis-spelled as IMCP. That is a typo.
P 254 - an relational database does define one to one relationships, such as one item in a column to one item in a row. An RDBMS does not limit the number of rows or columns that can exist in the database. You completely misunderstood the concept. You are confusing the concept that each row can have entries in mulitple columns, and that mulitple rows can exist with values in each column.
P 251, Q 10 - nonvolatile should be volatile, that is a typo. However, RAM is not a sequential access technology, it is dynamic or random access. In fact, that is exactly what the acronym stands for "Random Access Memory". Yes, you can force a computer to access RAM sequentially, but you'll be doing so by creating software code to perform that action, RAM will still be random access no matter what. Tape devices are sequential access. Once again, you are not seeing the concepts clearly.
P277 - yes, CGI is not a language, it is a concept / technique of allowing client input to be received and processed on the Web server by a server-side script or application. This is an error introduced by the editor. CGI scripts or applications can be written in many languages.
P371 - that is a mistake, it should read "...into simple machine lanaguage instructions..."
You have only mentioned 6 issues, two which are your misunderstanding, one which is a simple typo, and three which you are correct they are errors. Your scathing poor review of our work is not justified by the evidence you have presented. I challenge you to find any other CISSP book that is as current and exhaustive as ours which does not have errors. You will not find one.
I will be adding these items to the errata to help ensure these errors are corrected in the next edition. I appreciate your input, you are entitled to your opinion, but I urge you to be realistic and sensible in your critique.
I'll be happy to address anyone's concerns or issues with this book.
We, the authors, editors, and publishers of this book, have worked hard to update and improve the contents of this work in the production of each edition. The CISSP Study Guide 3rd Edition is to date the most current, complete, and exhaustive book for preparing for the CISSP exam.
Posted May 4, 2006:
I must take offense with "Doggers"' review as his statements about my book are false. This book is fully current on all topics and issues on the exam. The exam prep questions are similar to those on the exam. However, there are a few new question types that ISC2 has released onto the exam since the third edition revision of this book was produced. No study guide promises to get you to pass any exam. Failing to understand the topics and to perform sufficient study is not the fault of the authors. If my writing style is not palatable, that is fine, but deriding my work is non-professional. I would be happy to discuss this further if you will contact me. Please consider revising your review to a more appropriate stance.
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Summary: Not any good.
Comment: Do not buy this book, this book does nothing to help you pass the test. The questions do not reflect the test. I know I just took it and failed. Get the official book from ISC(2) don't waste your money or time on this book. The data is old and the questions are not anywhere near what is on the test. Make sure the Guide is current, (right now its 2004) it has the best test engine. Don't take the CISSP test till you get 1000 points on the Guides test consistantly. I'm not kidding. Get experience first, 4 -5 Years. (Networking, BCP, Crypto,etc.) reading the book will not help you. I'm serious about this.
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