Passed.

Network-E

First time poster, longtime lurker. I sat the Sec+ today and passed it.

This forum was a help, but I leaned very heavily on Darrils study guide to learn the material. I then used google a lot to see and understand the material from another angle (Ars Technica has written some very good security articles). I went back to Darrils book for the practice tests, used these sec+ flashcards I found on the Android platform, and the study notes I found here plus my own notes for polishing the last two or three days. I went in feeling very confident, but some of the wording (and one question in particular) was so weird that I found myself doubting myself when I went over the final questions I had flagged for review. I mean, they were really weird. But I passed, and by a good margin.

I really want to do more security (CISSP), but I think I want to go technical for a bit, so I'm going to get the CCNA Sec (CCNA has to come first) before I do the CISSP.

Just a warning to all: some of the questions that I had today have appeared in this forum. Be careful!

Darril

Congratulations on the pass Network-E and glad to hear the book helped.

Based on what I'm hearing from many people, I understand that CompTIA is throwing in beta questions based on objectives for the next version of the exam. With that in mind, some of the questions people are seeing these days are even weirder than normal for CompTIA. You never know what questions are beta but the good news is that beta questions do not count.

Good luck with the CCNA Security.