PASSED W/828

ja5983

Passed today with an 828!!!!

NEXT: 70-270 or CCNA

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Webmaster

Congratulations!

Please tell us a bit about how you prepared for the exam, what study material you used, etc.etc, so others can benifit from your experience.

ja5983

I prepared via self study

i used:

Security+ for dummies (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!)
Security+ Guide to network security (CISCO LEARNING INST) (pretty good)
Mike myers passport security+ (not recommended)
tech exams material (recommended especially for the attacks and email sections)

I also used CBT Nuggets CD1 and CD2 which i watched once and took notes then every night i setup media player to play through the CDs while i slept

I also used the following practice exams:
Mike myers passport CD
Security+ CD
techexams practice tests
mcmcse practice tests

I basically spent a month studying 1-3 hours a day every day and it definately paid off

RussS

Congrats on your pass

princess4peace

Great job. Congrat.

Whatz anyones opinion on the use of Sybex study guides for the security + exam?

janmike

Congratulations!

ja5983

princess....i would personally go for the sec+4dummies/technotes combo.... those two taught me much more than i needed to know even in a very easy to understand way...i personally feel that sybex sometimes...over complicates their books...in my opinion

Ricka182

congrats!

Ten9t6

Congrats on the test pass...

pipearce

Good on you!

Surprised to hear Sec+ for Dummies?! Must say I used DOS for Dummies a few hundred years ago and found it excellent at that time. I'll pass this on to others taking Sec+

On the Sybex book, I was disappointed in it (Version 1), but paid $5 in a Book Bin so couldn't complain. ExamCram2 worked well for me.

Congrats again!

TURTLEGIRL

I quite liked CBT Nuggets and Exam cram.

Congratulations on the pass. Pretty good score!!!

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princess4peace

ja5983 wrote:

princess....i would personally go for the sec+4dummies/technotes combo.... those two taught me much more than i needed to know even in a very easy to understand way...i personally feel that sybex sometimes...over complicates their books...in my opinion

Thanks for your responses

ja5983

thanks gba girl!

yea the CBT nuggets were not bad at all, however, most of the time i just slept through them and learned in my sleep