210-260 Passed!

I got my CCNA almost a year ago and had grand plans to take the CCNA Security right away, but then I got this super demanding job with no work / life balance and moved twice so everything got moved to the back burner. I finally finished preparing with Pluralsight, CBT Nuggets, lots of labbing in GNS3, the OCG, and Boson practice tests. I tend to over prepare so I eventually have to just schedule the test and go for it. Well today was the day and I passed!

It took a lot longer than I wanted but I'm happy to have it behind me. Next stop is the CISSP! In my new job I've sort of become the expert with our Cisco UCS so I may tackle the CCNA Data Center as well in the future.

Kyrak

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kye.davey

Congrats!!

robo78

Thats amazing ! Congats and keep up the good work.

JoJoCal19

Congrats on the pass!! Which resource did you think was the best for actually prepping for the exam, or helped the most?

JoJoCal19

Scenicroute, as the OCG isn't that great (still worth reading though), I've heard the 31 Days before your CCNA Security Exam is a good book. I've scanned through it and it seems a good resource.

Kyrak

JoJoCal19 wrote: »

Congrats on the pass!! Which resource did you think was the best for actually prepping for the exam, or helped the most?

I learn much quicker by watching and doing than reading so the CBT Nuggets with Keith Barker was perfect for me (following along by creating the labs in GNS3). When he says "pay attention" or "you will need to know this" then heed his advice because it probably means you will see a question or two about that on the exam. I used the OCG when I just couldn't get a concept down to go in depth until I got it. The Boson questions were similar in scope and style to what I saw so would recommend that as well. I had read good things about the 31 days book too but I felt like I was ready so I took a shot. Having the Security+ definitely helped since there is some common ground.

p@r0tuXus

Congratulations, thanks for all the insight. I appreciate this thread.

MAC_Addy

Congrats! I always love reading about people passing. I am currently going through the CCNP R&S track right now. After I pass all the exams, I will then go onto CCNA Security. FWIW, don't get the INE series for Security. I was originally planning on taking CCNA Security after I recently passed the NA exam - the guy on there doesn't speak English as his first language (kinda difficult to understand), and he says "um" a lot. For me, it's very difficult to stay on track when it seems like he doesn't even know what he's talking about. That's when I decided to go CCNP.

Phileeeeeeep651

Congrats!! CBTNuggets was a must for this course, I couldn't imagine studying for the exam without it.

TimBaker

Hi Kyrak, how useful was the Pluralsight course to your preparation?

Kyrak

TimBaker wrote: »

Hi Kyrak, how useful was the Pluralsight course to your preparation?

CBT Nuggets was my primary resource and I used Pluralsight for further clarification of topics that I wasn't comfortable with. I'm glad I had both.

rodrigo91octaviano

Hello Kyrak, first of all: Congrats!

Could you help me about that Lab you faced? I look for some materials, but I don't find things more accurate about this.

Thanks.

technogoat

Where did you get the lab resources?

I'm looking for labs so I can do the practicals

huntert

congrats

greg9891

Congrats!

TimBaker

Hi Kyrak, sorry this is coming late. Thanks for the feedback. It's good to know I'm not wasting my time with any of the materials I using atm.

Cheers!

mbarrett

MAC_Addy wrote: »

FWIW, don't get the INE series for Security. I was originally planning on taking CCNA Security after I recently passed the NA exam - the guy on there doesn't speak English as his first language (kinda difficult to understand), and he says "um" a lot. For me, it's very difficult to stay on track when it seems like he doesn't even know what he's talking about.

Not to be a shill for INE, but the instructor for their Security track is solid. I share your opinion to the extent that he does speak English with a bit of an accent (I think he's Romanian) so it might be more difficult for some people to listen to his material.