CCNA vs CCNA Security

celticsfan89

Which exam do you feel is harder?

Iristheangel

CCNA. The specialization exams tend to be a bit easier and concise if you ask me but the CCNA hits a broad spectrum of technologies and lays the groundwork for everything else

kanecain

I also vote CCNA. CCNA Security mainly focuses on a small number of topics, whereas the CCNA was much broader (and difficult).

Master Of Puppets

Another vote for CCNA being harder. The material is more and goes into different areas whereas the CCNA;Sec lays a very basic foundation of network security.

pert

Hardest exam I've taken was CCNA Wireless. The ocean wide inch-deep style tests from Cisco are brutal. On the "harder" exams, you can solve the unknown. On the easier I feel like I'm playing Trivial Pursuit: Nerd Edition

Roguetadhg

I love you, Pert. I want Morgan Freeman to narrate the exam.

Agreed with CCNA being more difficult. from a standpoint of 'nothing' there's much more difficulty with the CCNA. A lot more going on, a lot of math, and a lot of changes you have to put yourself through and wrap your head around more concepts.
- Troubleshooting
- Basic Programming

When you jump into CCNA:Security you've already got yourself used to the way Cisco works, you've passed 1 or 2 tests. You've made the notes, you've watched through the videos, you've done the labs... over... and over... and over. All there is from there is just adding some more security to what best practices and security lessons you've already picked up from studying CCNA (VLANS, for example). It's building upon what you already know.

And GUI. Yey. See. Improvement. Easiness!