Cisco's $10 Million in Scholarships for Cyber

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  • ekoplexekoplex Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    scaredoftests wrote: »
    You need to do it all or else they don't give you the free voucher. You also need to review the study guide. ALOT of information is not covered in the reading and labs.

    I need to purchase the official study guide?
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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    I meant the outline. But, you can buy the book now (it is on cisco for like $40 and you can also have access to Pearson practice test).
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • whoknewwhoknew Member Posts: 49 ■■■□□□□□□□
    devilbones wrote: »
    I passed the SECOPS today. I am glad to get that over with, I wish I could clone the labs somehow though. Those were great.

    Dude...mighty, mighty congrats to you & welcome to the club. When did you take the SECOPS exams? Did the FB page & GAP document help? Details, brah...give us the details!!!
    "I got a BAD feeling about this..."

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  • Blade3DBlade3D Member Posts: 110 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Is there a way to request to be moved up? I think my email originally said sometime in 2018.
    Title: Sr. Systems Designer
    Degree: B.S. in Computing Science, emphasis Information Assurance
    Certifications: CISSP, PSP, Network+, Security+, CySA+, OSWP
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  • devilbonesdevilbones Member Posts: 318 ■■■■□□□□□□
    whoknew wrote: »
    Dude...mighty, mighty congrats to you & welcome to the club. When did you take the SECOPS exams? Did the FB page & GAP document help? Details, brah...give us the details!!!
    Thanks. I took the exam on the 5th of June. I grabbed some of the documents from the FB page. I also went over the NIST documents. I took the exam a few weeks earlier and failed, I scored an 816. A few of the questions were worded kind of funky and could be interpreted in multiple ways. Overall I think the test was fair and the training is great.
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  • ErtazErtaz Member Posts: 934 ■■■■■□□□□□
    devilbones wrote: »
    Thanks. I took the exam on the 5th of June. I grabbed some of the documents from the FB page. I also went over the NIST documents. I took the exam a few weeks earlier and failed, I scored an 816. A few of the questions were worded kind of funky and could be interpreted in multiple ways. Overall I think the test was fair and the training is great.

    Was the process of getting a second voucher very involved?
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  • devilbonesdevilbones Member Posts: 318 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Ertaz wrote: »
    Was the process of getting a second voucher very involved?
    No. I just emailed and asked for another. They asked for my results of the failed exam and the date I wanted to retake.
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  • PocketLumberjackPocketLumberjack Member Posts: 162 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I just got the OCG for SECOPS and it is tiny as compared to SECFND. And I don't start until January 2018, I guess I have a lot of time to soak up the material...
    Learn some thing new every day, but don’t forget to review things you know.
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  • stryder144stryder144 Member Posts: 1,684 ■■■■■■■■□□
    PocketLumberjack wrote: »
    I just got the OCG for SECOPS and it is tiny as compared to SECFND. And I don't start until January 2018, I guess I have a lot of time to soak up the material...

    I saw the picture someone posted on the CCNA Cyber Ops Facebook page showing the size of the book. It does not look very thick at all. Naturally, I have the ebook for SECFND and should get the download link tomorrow for the SECOPS book, so I won't be able to tell much of a difference between them.
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  • PocketLumberjackPocketLumberjack Member Posts: 162 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Honestly its adorable, your missing out lol.
    Learn some thing new every day, but don’t forget to review things you know.
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  • OctalDumpOctalDump Member Posts: 1,722
    I got my official notice that I am in the June 20 cohort... on June 20 (I guess it is a time zone thing), followed a couple of hours later by the login details and welcome pack.

    Working my way through the SECFND stuff. And it is fundamentals, so far. A couple of errors in the text and challenges, here and there. But pretty good stuff.

    Anyone else here in this cohort? Finding it hard/easy?
    2017 Goals - Something Cisco, Something Linux, Agile PM
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  • trojintrojin Member Posts: 275 ■■■■□□□□□□
    OctalDump wrote: »

    Anyone else here in this cohort? Finding it hard/easy?

    Definitely not hard. I hope to finish SECFND within 3 weeks and sit first exam.
    I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry

    xx+ certs...and I'm not counting anymore


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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    Remember to look over the outline for the exam..
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • trojintrojin Member Posts: 275 ■■■■□□□□□□
    scaredoftests wrote: »
    Remember to look over the outline for the exam..

    SECFND looks very easy. I would be happy to sit exam tomorrow but all labs and challenges have to completed before voucher request.
    I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry

    xx+ certs...and I'm not counting anymore


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  • Blade3DBlade3D Member Posts: 110 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Is there a way to request for a sooner start date? I asked this before and didn't get a response, I don't start till April 2018.
    Title: Sr. Systems Designer
    Degree: B.S. in Computing Science, emphasis Information Assurance
    Certifications: CISSP, PSP, Network+, Security+, CySA+, OSWP
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  • trojintrojin Member Posts: 275 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Blade3D wrote: »
    Is there a way to request for a sooner start date? I asked this before and didn't get a response, I don't start till April 2018.
    Just do it again. I jumped from last cohort to 3rd
    I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry

    xx+ certs...and I'm not counting anymore


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  • adam220891adam220891 Member Posts: 164 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I passed the 210-255 yesterday.

    There's a few questions where the wording is confusing and I would say are borderline BS. I agree about reading the gap coverage document (although it's written in a way suggesting the author is ESL). Some of the terminology is just not right (even the gap coverage document vouches for this).

    It's not a bad certification, but I wouldn't recommend paying $600 of your hard-earned dollars to take it. I know everyone in this thread is taking it at no-cost and many can get employers to pay, so not really a big point to make for this audience.

    There's a surprising amount of content that just is not in the exam. It's bound to happen but I can't remember the last time where just giant chunks were no where to be seen.

    Good luck everyone.
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  • ekoplexekoplex Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Where can I get this gap coverage document? Thanks
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  • Blade3DBlade3D Member Posts: 110 ■■■□□□□□□□
    trojin wrote: »
    Just do it again. I jumped from last cohort to 3rd

    I meant I asked here and didn't get a response. What do I do to contact Cisco then?
    Title: Sr. Systems Designer
    Degree: B.S. in Computing Science, emphasis Information Assurance
    Certifications: CISSP, PSP, Network+, Security+, CySA+, OSWP
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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    Buy the book that is now available on Cisco Press. It will have more than what the labs provided.
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • chopstickschopsticks Member Posts: 389
    scaredoftests wrote: »
    Buy the book that is now available on Cisco Press. It will have more than what the labs provided.

    Which one? The first or the second one?
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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    Both are now available. Plus pearson practice tests
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • ekoplexekoplex Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Can someone send me the link to this gap coverage document.
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  • ErtazErtaz Member Posts: 934 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Well, I passed. These two exams are on completely different levels. Definitely go over the gap coverage document and think of scenario based questions through each of the steps and phases.
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  • ErtazErtaz Member Posts: 934 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Anyone get a CPE/CEU count from the course completion? Would like to turn those in to ISC and CompTIA.
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  • p@r0tuXusp@r0tuXus Member Posts: 532 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Excellent job, well done, Ertaz!
    Completed: ITIL-F, A+, S+, CCENT, CCNA R|S
    In Progress: Linux+/LPIC-1, Python, Bash
    Upcoming: eJPT, C|EH, CSA+, CCNA-Sec, PA-ACE
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  • ErtazErtaz Member Posts: 934 ■■■■■□□□□□
    p@r0tuXus wrote: »
    Excellent job, well done, Ertaz!
    Thank you sir.
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  • ErtazErtaz Member Posts: 934 ■■■■■□□□□□
    *Update from (Tech 2000) on the CPE question:

    [FONT=&quot]Hello,[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Thank you for your inquiry. We need to do some additional research on your question and will get back to you as soon as we can. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Regards,[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Learning@Cisco[/FONT]
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  • ErtazErtaz Member Posts: 934 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Ertaz wrote: »
    *Update from (Tech 2000) on the CPE question:

    [FONT=&amp]Hello,[/FONT]

    [FONT=&amp]Thank you for your inquiry. We need to do some additional research on your question and will get back to you as soon as we can. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&amp]Regards,[/FONT]
    [FONT=&amp]Learning@Cisco[/FONT]

    7/19 Update:

    [FONT=&quot]Hello,[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Here is the website that you can go to learn more about CPEs. On the right-hand side you can open a case.[/FONT]
    https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/cisco-continuing-education-program

    [FONT=&quot]Hope this helps.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Regards,[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Learning@Cisco[/FONT]

    So I opened a ticket on that Control Panel and we'll see how it goes.
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  • trojintrojin Member Posts: 275 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Passed today. Not so hard. I expected more :)
    what to know before exam:
    Wireshark
    Kill chain
    VERIS
    CVSS
    Regex
    I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry

    xx+ certs...and I'm not counting anymore


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