It's over.

ian g

'Passed with an 865 last Monday. I'm really pleased that it's over. I found the material uninspiring and the test was horrible. I thought I had everything covered, but so many of the questions came down to at least two plausible answers. When I finished the test I was convinced I had failed.
I read the 'All-in-one' exam guide (very good) and the Sybex book (not as good). I delved deeper in to a lot of stuff using Wikipedia and a bunch of security related sites. Also hundreds of practice questions, none of which much resembled the actual test questions. I think what I found so hard was the abstract nature of the material. Such a broad range of topics. At least with MS or Cisco, you can set up labs, virtual or otherwise, and get some hands-on.
Anyway, that's that. I'll take a break and press on with CCNA-Security. My standard CCNA expires next year, so I thought the Cisco security track would fit in well with the CompTia studies, plus renew my CCNA for another 3 years. Anyone have any thoughts about the Security+ to Cisco track?

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ian g wrote: »

'Passed with an 865 last Monday. I'm really pleased that it's over. I found the material uninspiring and the test was horrible. I thought I had everything covered, but so many of the questions came down to at least two plausible answers. When I finished the test I was convinced I had failed.
I read the 'All-in-one' exam guide (very good) and the Sybex book (not as good). I delved deeper in to a lot of stuff using Wikipedia and a bunch of security related sites. Also hundreds of practice questions, none of which much resembled the actual test questions. I think what I found so hard was the abstract nature of the material. Such a broad range of topics. At least with MS or Cisco, you can set up labs, virtual or otherwise, and get some hands-on.
Anyway, that's that. I'll take a break and press on with CCNA-Security. My standard CCNA expires next year, so I thought the Cisco security track would fit in well with the CompTia studies, plus renew my CCNA for another 3 years. Anyone have any thoughts about the Security+ to Cisco track?

Congrats.

As far as the S+ to CCNA:S I am actually studying for both now (and I plan to take them both next month). I think the material complements each other. My study materials are my CCNA lab, Authorized Self Study Guide (for CCNA:S), Security+ (Darrils book) exam cram (for CCNA:S) and google for my various other needs. I also plan on picking up transcender for both test sometime at the end of the month.