Question about Study Material

I'm preparing to take my exam and I have a couple questions on what study material is most valuable to me.

I bought and read the Sybex Deluxe Edition (6 tests on the CD) as well as the most of the information stickied in this section. I passed all 6 sybex test with a 90% or better.

Well today I read over some of my coworkers study material. He has both the Transcender tests as well as the **edited** study guide (very poorly written I might add, but good for studying I guess). Both of these get into more than the Sybex book, especially the **edited** which seems to get extremely involved with different types of firewalls, etc...

What would you all suggest would be most beneficial to study to pass the exam. I realize the more you know the better, but in all honesty I'm only interested in passing. I already have my MCSE and CCNA, but my company is requiring the Security+ certification. Sounds redundant I know, but it's a losing battle.

Any advice on which one of these three I have in my possession I should place the majority of my focus on is much appreciated.

**edited** by RussS

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RussS

I suggest you find other study material than the one I edited.

Take a look at the very well written notes here ... http://www.techexams.net/technotes.php and try the tests here ... http://www.techexams.net/pexams.php

dynamik

This is going to be your best resource: http://www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4350 (edit: besides this fine site of course

)

The CBT Nuggets training was good too. That's more of an investment though.

And the security+ really isn't redundant. It goes into many other things such as physical security and creating company security policies.

Since you already have your MCSE, are you going to take another after this and wrap up the MCSE +Security?

e-z

RussS wrote:

I suggest you find other study material than the one I edited.

Take a look at the very well written notes here ... http://www.techexams.net/technotes.php and try the tests here ... http://www.techexams.net/pexams.php

Thanks, I already took those. That's what I was referencing when I made the comment about the sticky. (awesome tutorials btw!)

But seriously, between the sybex and those, should I be good? I think I'm at the point where I'm over analyzing and getting too in depth into and beyond the basics of the exam. I think over studying can be just as bad as not studying enough. You get too involved with "choose the best" etc.. type questions.

e-z

dynamik wrote:

Since you already have your MCSE, are you going to take another after this and wrap up the MCSE +Security?

Not really sure what direction I want to go in. I'm thinking about CISSP, but I'd probably have to move for it to be worth something.