Try this for starters. It's an article I wrote on my CISSP experience:

http://www.certifiedsecuritypro.com/content/view/158/170/

Hope this helps,
Don

Long time no see...very nice to see how big this site has become.

I am in the process of pursuing this now and wanted to dust this thread off a bit.  I bought the Shon Harris All-In-One Book (Fourth Edition) and the Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK and will be reading this for a while.  My perception of this exam is that it is very overwhelming.  I am a little disappointed that when I graduate in May for my Bachelors that it won't count as a year towards my cert, but oh well.  I can scrape together 5 years of experience, but they weren't all in the same location.  I found someone who holds a CISSP to sponsor me so I guess all I need to do know is hit the books hard.  Can anyone tell me how much I would benefit having gone to a week long training session from SANS or anyone else?

Thanks!

Awesome job with the site, Don!

Thanks for your response.  I would love to go to SANS training, but don't feel like the place I am at will support me going to it or at least make it a point that I go to it.  They want me to obtain the cert and bought me the books, but when it comes to going to actual training it doesn't seem like they try to help me with that.

very selfish don, very selfish...

Hi Don,

The link for your CISSP write up seems to be a black hole now.  Can you resurrect that article on here?

Thanks,
Jack

I knew I forgot to tell someone. 

Thanks BillV.

Don

I've have recently taken up the daunting task of reading the CISSP book from shon harris 4th edition (Big book).  I'm sure I could scrape up enough in my previous work exprience to be able to qualify for the test but my issue is how do find a sponsor?  It seems kind of strange to be learking around forums looking for a CISSP to sponsor me.  I realize there is a reason for having it like that but since I live in a somwhat secluded area I don't have access the any CISSP support other than the internet.  I've visited the ISC2 website but I can't find where they say you need a CISSP to sign off. Or is this for the requirement, as in a CISSP looks at your resume and job experience and decides whether you already have the experience required.  That would put me back to the question of where would you find somebody with trolling around in forums and asking every swing CISSP out there to give you a hand??  Well I guess that enough of a wineing session for now.  Sorry to bug ya.