D-day

bermovick

After running out of money while studying for this exam back in September, and forgetting most of the material, I've spent the last month(ish) re-studying it during the long slow hours of working overnight NOC shifts and have bit the bullet and scheduled the exam for today at 11AM(Central).

Am a bit worried about this exam; as always the level of minutae I feel I need to remember is daunting. Plus the $250 pricetag is a tough pill to swallow; even with a 10% early expiry voucher, but at this point I just felt the ccna security was becoming more of a lodestone than anything; keeping me from moving to the ccnp (and I felt with sdm being eol, the exam's gotta be changed at some point, making the current study material less useful).

I seem to be writing a novel like I usually do here. Ended up waking up 2 hours earlier than I hoped and am poking around, doing a bit of last-minute skimming/studying of guides while I wait to start the 2-hour drive to the testing facility (There's a closer one at 1-hour away, but you have to schedule like a month in advance; the place I scheduled has next-day availability)

Slowhand

It sounds like you're well-prepared, (even though it might not feel like it.) Best of luck!

gaby_978

Good Luck!!!!!!

bermovick

Pretty rough exam; I'd rate it difficulty-wise about the same as the ICND1 -- of course everyone's different so what's hard for me might be easy for everyone else.

822 / 804.

Describe the security threats facing modern network infrastructures 40%
Secure Cisco routers 91%
Implement AAA on Cisco routers using local router database and external ACS 100%
Mitigate threats to Cisco routers and networks using ACLs 86%
Implement secure network management and reporting 67%
Mitigate common layer 2 attacks 75%
Implement the Cisco IOS firewall feature set using SDM 75%
Implement the Cisco IOS IPS feature set using SDM 50%
Implement site-to-site VPNs on Cisco Routers using SDM 67%

ehnde

The required passing score is lower than what I thought it would be (CCNA is 825/1000). Glad you passed, congratulations!!!

gaby_978

Congratulations!!!!!!!

bermovick

ehnde wrote: »

The required passing score is lower than what I thought it would be (CCNA is 825/1000). Glad you passed, congratulations!!!

I think the passing score varies by what questions you pull from the pool.

Slowhand

Congrats on the pass. Feels nice to put this one behind you, now that you can get on to the CCNP, doesn't it?

mikej412

Congratulations!!