Passed the SY0-501

AdamWashingtonAdamWashington Registered Users Posts: 4 ■■■□□□□□□□
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Three years ago when I took the SY0-401 certification exam I made a 730 and missed it. I took the SY0-401 two more times and still didn't make the mark. Today I showed up and took the SY0-501. I passed the certification exam. My poin is no matter how many times it takes you continue to take swings at it and don't give up. I am very thankful. My study material back then was great. I used David L. Prowse Pearson's book. It isn't bad. This time for the 501 I thought I would try something new and went with Darril Gibson in addition to going off the exam objective. After the third time I failed the 401 which was 2 years ago this one person said to me that maybe it isn't for me. No matter what the result was I was still going to keep my chin up and stay positive. I also plan on reading Darril Gibson's books and other material because it never hurts to even after getting the certification. I posted on here a few years discouraged when I failed the 401. Just thankful and going to let this sink in. Whatever material works for you grab it. The exam objective is key to.
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  • paul78paul78 Member Posts: 3,016 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Well done! And congrats. It's great to read that you never gave up!
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  • Info_Sec_WannabeInfo_Sec_Wannabe Senior Member Member Posts: 428 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats on the pass and on not giving up! Cheers! icon_cheers.gif
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  • Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Gaming Tech Expert Silicon Valley, CAMember Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats!! icon_cheers.gif
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  • LordQarlynLordQarlyn Abu DhabiMember Posts: 687 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Congrats! And yes never ever give up, persistence is important. When I finished my CISSP exam, the proctor was telling me about a guy who failed it five times so far, while that is kind of sad on one hand, he still keeps trying though.
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  • D20D20 Member FLMember Posts: 114 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats!!!
    Certifications: A+ Sec+
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  • SpiegelSpiegel FLMember Posts: 315 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrates comrade! This test can be a bit of a challenge but you persevered and succeeded. Well done!
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  • coffeeluvrcoffeeluvr Senior Member NCMember Posts: 734 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Congratulations on the pass!!
    "Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard. - Pooh"
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  • labscloudlabscloud Member Posts: 137 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Congrats! As cliche as it is, "It doesn't matter how many times you fall, it's about getting back up!" You stuck with it and it payed off!
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  • fyshcheffyshchef Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congratulations!! I'm preparing for the 501 now, after just missing the window for 401.....how were the sims you had? Thanks in advance
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  • glennmglennm Member Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Hi

    What study material you using for perp. I am bit lost in what book to buy to study from.

    thanks
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  • glennmglennm Member Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congrats buddy

    What study material did you use to prep for exam?

    thank you
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  • AdamWashingtonAdamWashington Registered Users Posts: 4 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Thank you so much everyone for the kind words. I am looking at CySA+ now. fyshchef and glenm, I did a lot of self-studying with Darril Gibson's 501 book. It was very helpful. I was able to listen to the exam topic reviews over and over since it had audio. I also printed out the exam topic reviews. There were labs that the book mentioned that you could do. I would also recommend David L. Prowse's book because of the performance-based questions. It just gives you a feel, but I had Prowse's 401 book with the cd before I digged into 501. For the sims it doesn't hurt, but for a deeper view that helped me out I would recommend Darril Gibson to anyone and his website to anyone. I know CBT Nuggets are out there and Professor Messer, but Darril Gibson, especially with the examples went a long away for me.

    Fyshchef and glennm I hope that helps out and I hope you are able to pass. Thank you again for the congrats. Still have a ways to go. Oh and one more tip. Now everyone is different, but what helped me out when taking the test. I skipped the longer questions or ones with longer answers. What that did for me was just give me more time. Again. Everyone is different.
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