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I have 23 years in IT experience, which was helpful, but these textbooks allowed to me to pass both exams. They seemed to be informative enough to both pass the exam and be functionally competent at work. There were a lot of domains I had very little experience or knowledge in, particularly networking. I knew almost nothing before studying those chapters. I chose these books because I'm also using Mike Chappel's guides to study for the CISSP and was fond of the way he presents information. Simple, straightforward, and efficient without ever feeling brisk or deficient. I realize that Mark likely wrote most of the material, but Mike perhaps assisted in making the material more like his winning textbooks.