Took the CCSP exam and passed on the 1st attempt! Glad to get it done for sure and hoping to pay knowledge forward to help others out on their certification journey.
If you have not read other articles on my site... I'm a current CISSP holder and passed the CISSP exam in mid 2023. The knowledge/study efforts from that definitely helped with the carryover subject matter for this exam...although obvious differences in focus toward cloud specific security/domain areas.
I studied for ~2 months off and on at beginning of this year January 2025 and hard this past March 2025 and used the primary resources:
Pocket Prep CCSP
Paid for a month subscription to get the 1,000 bank of questions which I worked through to understand weak areas. The references to the CBK and OSG and other external cloudsec reference doc material for each question was definitely helpful imo to research and further understand weak subject areas further. The quick quiz features and missed questions/custom exam quiz functionality of app was useful.
Learnzapp official ISC2 CCSP app
Paid for a month of questions, but honestly some questions seem dated and not as /updated relevant as the Pocket Prep CCSP. Although I did take 7 of the 8 practice exams and was scoring in the 75-85% range on them so practice exams for those were useful for confidence reinforcement etc.
CCSP ISC2 Official Study Guide - 3rd edition
Kindle format - The book was a good foundation for overall knowledge and what to expect from exam. As with CISSP exam I used the OSG with CCSP. It definitely helped with overall exam expectations and focus...although of course at times very dry.
Pete Zerger, CCSP Exam Cram on YouTube
Just like with the CISSP exam prep content he has produced and helped so many...you can't go wrong here either. A tremendous resource that is 100% free. I'd argue some could likely pass with just his YT video prep material, but obviously I'd suggest using multiple resources.
Mike Chapple’s Last Minute CCSP Review
I did end up grabbing this in the last week to prep. Honestly probably could have gone without it, but does reinforce a lot of important exam focused content in a 17 page concise document.
Alukos CCSP Resources
Very good indexed resource for complete mapped CCSP exam topics to the 6 domains.
Happy to answer any questions and again good luck!!!
PS - Also highly recommend the CCSP subreddit for information on the CCSP exam and resources others have found helpful.
My CCSP exam thoughts post on Reddit /CCSP
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