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Hello Everyone

I'm new here. I hang around on CLN alot and keep landing around here so I figured I might as well register and kick off with a small thread.
I love doing certs by myself because A: they are cool, and B: For me it's all about discipline. Going to a course, you just have to show up and get spoon fed. Doing it yourself you have to kick yourself in the ass and really work your ass off. Not saying a course is a no go, just I think it is a lot harder and more fullfilling + rewarding doing it yourself.
Also, wanted to here your guys opinion on the following, if you think this could be the right direction. I'm a network engineer working a lot with wireless and want to move more into security (network) over the next 1-2 years.
My current certs are:

CCNA (RS)
CCNP R/S

Working on:
CCNA Sec.

Want/Will have (in that order and within the next 6 months):
WISE Rukus ZD etc.
CEH (I really really want this one

)
Perhaps some HP stuff (if possible, fasttrack from my ccnp)
CCDA/DP

Long term (1-3 years)
*Cough* CCIE R/S *Cough CCIE Sec *cough*...
*Cough* CISSP *Cough*...

Goal is to become a better engineer and have more confidence in what I am doing/consulting.

Cheers!
Max

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maxpowers

bump.. anyone..?

networker050184

I'd personally skip everything in your "Want/Will have" section (I don't know about the CEH, maybe someone more in line with that area can chime in). I don't see much return on the investment there.

jvrlopez

I would skip the CEH.

CISSP shouldn't take more than a few months of studying to achieve. Surely not as long as a CCIE.

maxpowers

Thanks.
I like the CISSP but don't believe I have the required experience. I want to have a go at a bigger cert like a CCIE or the CISSP, but think it would be wiser to do some smaller ones first. However, I do believe I would be capable of doing a CCIE in 1-1.5 years of study, based on my CCNP study time.

love the quote by the way.

ande0255

Just out of curiousity, how does your CCNP study time relate to the time it will take to study for a CCIE test? Like how exactly do you use it as a measurement?

ajs1976

I would make CISSP a priority. Seems to be on just about every mid-level and higher Info Sec job ad that I see. You get the Associate of ISC2 designation if you pass, but don't have the experience.

maxpowers

I'll look into that.
@Ande0255 I think it depends. If you **** your ccnp your going to have a hard time on the ie exams. I took some bad advise while prepping for ccna and paid for it while doing my ccnp. ccnp took me a total of about 11 Months. I would say about 100h reading and about 200h labbing. I assume for CCIE I would need a total of around 1500h.