Another person pursuing Security+
Hi Everyone,
I'm yet another person that plans on pursuing the Security+ exam.
My background: 9 plus years working at Help Desks for 2 different companies before finally landing a Security Admin job 2 years ago. I'm slowly starting to move into a more technical position, but will be doing both technical and admin work for the future.
I had purchased the Sybex 2006 Deluxe Edition Security+ book last year, have the ExamCram2 book and EC2 Practice Questions book from a while back, and I think the Wiley Security+ book as well. I had meant to pursue the Security+ exam during the winter of 2006/07 but the management at work (there's 5 CISSP there) wanted everyone to pursue the SSCP exam, so I did that instead. Missed passing the SSCP by a lousy 10 points (grr!) this spring and then took a SANS Instutite mentoring class and just earned the GSEC Security Essentials degree. I saw the post here about the CompTIA Security+ exam will be revised in the future, so I want to focus on this exam now. My time frame hopefully is to take this exam in the next 6 months or so, and then pursue the SSCP after that.
I know everyone here recommends the Tech Notes on this site. Any other thoughts on how to prepare for this exam?
Sincerely,
Frank
I'm yet another person that plans on pursuing the Security+ exam.
My background: 9 plus years working at Help Desks for 2 different companies before finally landing a Security Admin job 2 years ago. I'm slowly starting to move into a more technical position, but will be doing both technical and admin work for the future.
I had purchased the Sybex 2006 Deluxe Edition Security+ book last year, have the ExamCram2 book and EC2 Practice Questions book from a while back, and I think the Wiley Security+ book as well. I had meant to pursue the Security+ exam during the winter of 2006/07 but the management at work (there's 5 CISSP there) wanted everyone to pursue the SSCP exam, so I did that instead. Missed passing the SSCP by a lousy 10 points (grr!) this spring and then took a SANS Instutite mentoring class and just earned the GSEC Security Essentials degree. I saw the post here about the CompTIA Security+ exam will be revised in the future, so I want to focus on this exam now. My time frame hopefully is to take this exam in the next 6 months or so, and then pursue the SSCP after that.
I know everyone here recommends the Tech Notes on this site. Any other thoughts on how to prepare for this exam?
Sincerely,
Frank
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seuss_ssues
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10 points from the SSCP?
I would skip the sec+ and finish the SSCP. However that being said it never hurts to get any cert.