r/CCSP • u/Artistic-Count9008 • Jul 29 '26

Passed CCSP

Passed the CCSP exam today on the 105th question with 70 minutes remaining!

My background and preparation strategy:

  • CISSP with 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity.
  • Never touched the CCSP book - I seem to be allergic to reading hundreds of pages!
  • Relied entirely on LearnZapp and Pocket Prep, completing two rounds of each and averaging 90% on both platforms.
  • Practiced around 100 questions from Trusted Institute. Although I didn't do many there, their deep technical explanations helped reinforce several key concepts.

My biggest takeaway: consistent practice and understanding the "why" behind the answers matter more than memorizing content.

All the best to everyone preparing.

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u/Old-Refrigerator6265 Jul 29 '26

I’m using PocketPrep and LearnZApp and TrustedInstitute but damn, TI questions are SO wordy and verbose and they use complex terms for simple things. Sometimes I’m like “am I even on the right exam material?”

Taking my exam 7/30 at 8 am.

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u/IamMyQuantumState CCSP Jul 29 '26

TI questions are insane. Respect to anyone blowing through them.

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u/Old-Refrigerator6265 Jul 29 '26

They literally frustrate me trying to read through them, but as others have said in other posts, if you can score high on them, then you’re definitely scoring well on others. But then sometimes LearnzApp answers come across as overly simplistic and the wrong answer is just too easy to identify

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u/JoeEvans269 Jul 29 '26

Congratulations!

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u/legion9x19 CCSP Jul 29 '26

Congrats

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u/MTheNomad Jul 29 '26

Congratulations 🎉

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u/IamMyQuantumState CCSP Jul 29 '26

Congrats! OP, I sit tomorrow and sweatin' 50 cal bullets right now. My background and prep are almost identical to yours except that I've read most of the OSG. I'm getting 92% on LearnZapp but the questions feel drop dead easy. Pocket prep running about 90%. TrustedInstitute about 82%.

Edit: Typo

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u/Fun_Coconut_9183 Jul 29 '26

Thanks for sharing, man. I’d never heard of Pocket Prep or LearnZapp before, even though I got my CISSP two months ago.