2012 Certification Plans

Last year around this time we produced a couple threads on 2011 plans:
http://www.techexams.net/forums/general-certification/59004-2011-certification-plans.html (Bl8ckr0uter) 10/10/10
http://www.techexams.net/forums/security-certifications/58374-q4-2010-2011-security-cert-objectives.html (Paul Boz) 9/21/10

How are you all progressing with your certification/degree goals and what does 2012 hold for you?

- r2s

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xenodamus

I don't think I ever responded to this, so:

2011 Wins:
70-290
70-291
70-293
CISSP

2012 Goals:
Finish my MCSE (2 exams)
Upgrade to MCITP:EA
If I finish those 2 I may start casually reading for the CCNA:Security

longhorn79

2012 Goals:
A+
Network+
Security+
CCNET

Should be a busy year but I think it might be doable.

SteveO86

Well finished my CCIP earlier this month.. So that leaves CCDP or CCNP: Sec... I've considered going after CCIE but I just don't know... I am probably going to start CCDP I've 4 or 5 months before my old BCSI/BCMSN expire and that should give me enough time to get a proper lab in my house...

SteveO86 wrote: »

Seems a bit early to be thinking about 2012

But..

CCIP - Finish this in 2011.
CCDP - 2012
CCNP Security - 2012
ITILv3 - 2012 to break up the Cisco stuff.

Should keep me more then busy till 2013.

N2IT

MBA - Strategy

Rashid Mushtaq

Hi, Its very nice that you have cleared MCTIP and plnned further
Can you guide me from where you get exam questions and website , material to prepare....as I also want be an MCTIP

PsychoFin

2011 didn't exactly go the way I planned, but I will rectify my laziness!

2012
CWSP
CWAP
CWDP

And if I still have time I'd love to do Linux+, just for a change.

Edit: Almost forgot my degree program that I will be starting next month!

Michael.J.Palmer

2012:

Security+, Project+, MCITP: EA

MrBrian

2011: Network+ and CCNA

2012: CCNP and then a couple of the following (haven't really decided yet but all on my radar)... CCNA Security, CCDA, CCNA Voice, 70-640, 70-680, 70-642. First off is CCNP ROUTE exam which I'm testing for in February (started studying in August 2011).

ChrisRice

Security+ which I'm sitting tomorrow, but I class that as a 2011 goal that just got pushed back.

ITILv3 Foundation, MCITP and CCNA are my main goals for 2012, but I'm going to look into CCNA:S or CCNP and either Juniper or Citrix when I get through those, depending on where I am with a job.

FloOz

one 2012 goal down 2 more to go!

jamesp1983

icm wrote: »

Hi. I'm new here.
So my plan in second attempt to CCIE R&S in Brussels. Before that I'm going to end my CCIP certification (MPLS has left).
Mirek

Good luck. Let us know how you do.

Kopite_21

Goals 2012

Certs:

A+
N+

Personal:

Learn to drive
Gym at least 3 times a week
Save money for deposit on a Flat or House

instant000

Kopite_21 wrote: »

Goals 2012
...
Learn to drive
...

I think you can go farther without driving....

Ahriakin wrote: »

... I don't drive (never learned, yes shock horror and amazement, guess it's a but of a phobia at this stage) so no getting around....

I'm thinking that's what's holding me back right now, this driving thing. If I wasn't going to the shop today because of my car, could have spent about an hour or two more studying today on my labs

Also, if I could shuttle back and forth to work, I could study 20-30 minutes each way ... wow, I really need to re-think this driving thing ...

Hah, just kidding.

To be perfectly honest, I was a late bloomer on the driving thing, too.

I didn't get a driver's license until I was 25, when I bought my first car. ... and I'm from the country (Mississippi), most people from the country grow up driving

My best advice on getting over it is just getting out there on some easy roads, and ALWAYS practicing safe following distance. If you give a good cushion, it helps prevent most issues. You can't prevent bad drivers, just a fact of life. Since I think Ahriakin came to Texas, it's probably not the best place to be developing your driving skills, this place is full of horrible, overly-aggressive drivers in large trucks.

One place I had a phobia of driving through was the I-410 construction, when there were three tight lanes and no shoulder. (If you're in the San Antonio area, you know what I'm talking about.) To make it even worse, they made sure to place the concrete dividers right up against the lanes ...

Driving ... some people take it for granted. In a lot of places (mostly, besides the U.S.) you can really get around everywhere you need to go without bothering to drive a car yourself.

blargoe

Since I'm getting ready to take over some NetApp storage and will be going to a NetApp class, I guess a NetApp cert will be in my near future... I was working on VCAP, but I don't know if I will ever get time to finish prepping for that.

Bryzey

A+
Network+
Security+

odysseyelite

VCP 5 in the next couple of months, then CCNP's Route and Switch exams will finish the year out. If I'm lucky then the Tshoot exam as well.

itangel

If I stick with networking my original plan is a 10 year plan but I will put what I will focus during this year if possible.

Educational Goals
2012
Degree -
*AA: Degree in Networking
*BS: Continue to finish this since i already have put time into it.
Certs -
-MTA Network / Server or CompTIA Network+
-CompTIA Linux+ LP1 or CCENT if I have the time not sure which cert to go after any of the Networking Certs.

ampersand

Certification Plan for 2012:
ITIL v3 Foundation -- DONE
ISO/IEC 20000 Foundation -- DONE
ISO 27000 Foundation -- IN PROGRESS
A+
Security+
Network+

Bachelor's Degree from Ohio State in progress, although it doesn't feel like I will ever graduate.

UnixGuy

I'm getting real with the CISSP. It's more fun than I expected it to be

pikachuuu

I got A+ and N+, waiting to take my S+ hopefully this week and then go to a CC and get an AAS

MrAgent

Finished only a few exams in 2011
290, 291 (MCSA) 680

So far 2012 has been good
Completed all 3 MCITP:VA exams and passed 648. This month I am attending VCP training down in VA Beach so I will take the VCP exam in May. I plan on finishing out MCITP SA and EA by the end of the year.

JeanM

2012 - ccna and maybe also finish my mcsa as well, should have finished it last year

Patel128

My goal this year is at min A+ and Security+.

Chaberkorn

Started CCENT in April >> Done by August >> Start CCNA in Aug/Sept >> CCNA maybe before 2013, gonna be close.

flt0nujr

I've been at a crossroads since passing my CCENT and CompTIA Security+ certs this year. I know working in my current position that I don't want to deal with troubleshooting circuit issues with major ISP's or 3rd party ISP providers anymore.

2011
Enrolled in MSIS (Masters in Information Security Mgmt)

This year 2012
SSCP
CCSA

Jasiono

I got all Cisco semesters done, finished in 2011.

This year I'm taking the network+, security+ and ccent, maybe squeeze in the ccna as well.

Then try to find a job in the field and work toward CISSP and CCNP.

I love networks. I dropped engineering as a major for it. Got my AAS in computer networking and can't afford school at the moment and I refuse to take out loans, it's just how I am, so until I get my foot in the door with these certifications I can't finish up the bachelors.

N2IT

CAPM completed this year so far.

Not sure if I will do another, I justed started my MBA program and it's been a bear so far.

Kopite_21

Hopefully A+ end of the month start of June, then onto N+.

Falasi

Update:
Done already:
OSWP
CISSP
ITIL foundation
ISFS: Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002
ISSMP

working on:

CISM
eCPPT

clayton123

I plan on getting Sec+ in the next couple months and maybe I can squeeze in Net+ before the year is up.