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I finished "Certified in Cybersecurity" by ISC2 in (ahem!) 2.5 days, and passed the exam. What did I learn?

I decided to look into another introductory cybersecurity certification after finishing the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate back in June in 5 days. Took me a while due to other obligations, but I finally decided on "Certified in Cybersecurity" by ISC2, and I started last Thursday. 

I finished all coursework by Saturday, and I was waiting for the peer-graded assignments to be graded. That was when I realized this is only half the battle (yes, I am quite bad at research sometimes). This is a prep course for the actual ISC2 CC certification exam, and that cost $199. 

So I went on Google to look for a discount code, as there often are for these. 

That is when I found that ISC2 is doing a "One Million CC" initiative... It will give away 1 million CC prep course and exams absolutely free to people around the world. It's even available in languages such a Spanish, German, Chinese, and Japanese, in addition to English!

That's right... the self-paced CC prep course, hosted on ISC2's website, will be FREE, and there is NO time limit (unlike my speed-run attempt through the Coursera version to take advantage of the 7-day trial period). 

The exam, which normally cost $199, will be FREE at a Pearson VUE testing center near you. 

But you do have to use the link above, and register. 

So I clicked on the link, which after a bit of registration, got me access to the ISC2 self-paced CC prep course, which I started on Saturday, and finished on Sunday. I then booked the exam for Tuesday (the first day available to me) at a nearby city. 

And I passed the exam. I paid my $50 annual dues, and I am now an ISC2 member with CC certification. 





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