# 🛡️ Why I Took the ISC2 CC I passed the **ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)** exam to officially join ISC2, build my foundational credibility in cybersecurity, and — honestly — to help quiet the imposter syndrome that had been creeping in. This exam was my way of proving to myself that the knowledge I’d been building in labs and projects actually stuck. --- ## 💬 About ISC2 and the CC Certification **ISC2** (International Information System Security Certification Consortium) is the nonprofit behind certifications like: - CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) - SSCP, CCSP, and others The **Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)** is their entry-level cert, meant for: - Students - Career switchers - Junior security pros looking to validate core knowledge It’s a solid intro cert covering: - Security principles - Business continuity and incident response - Access control - Network security - Security operations --- ## 🧠 My Experience I answered **100 questions in 20 minutes** and passed on the first try. Was it hard? Not really — **but only because I studied with purpose**. --- ## 📚 What I Used to Study Literally just these: - ✅ My own Obsidian notes (see each domain in this folder) - ✅ Mike Chapple’s LinkedIn Learning Course - ✅ Some Reddit threads from `r/isc2` - ✅ A few light practice quizzes just to warm up --- ## 🧾 Final Thoughts The CC isn’t a technical deep-dive — it’s a **vocabulary and scenario test**. If you understand concepts like “what is least privilege?” or “what do you do after containment during an incident?” — you’ll be fine. But more importantly, it gave me a mental win — and a foot in the door with ISC2. --- ### 🔗 Domain Notes - [[20 Domain 1 revised]] - [[30 Domain 2 revised]] - [[40 Domain 3 Revised]] - [[50 Domain 4 Revised]] - [[60 Domain 5 Revised]] --- 🧠 All my domain notes are below if you want to walk through what I actually studied.