Hey all,
As of 7/19 I have my CCNA R&S out of the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I am looking to move forward. I am currently looking into the new cisco cybersecurity ops scholarship (whenever that may start), but it looks like sometime in the winter. So in the meantime, I want to do something else....what do you guys suggest? I want to stay within cisco (for atleast the rest of the year b/c next year is Microsoft private cloud route). I was thinking the CCNA Security, but I hear that the cert don't get you much job or salary wise. I saw cisco has a cybersecurity specialist exam, but not too sure how much would that benefit me with my CCNA routing and switching. I would like to work in network security and then hopefully one day do security operations! I would think by taking the specialist exam, it would def look good along side my CCNA R&S cert in a interview. Also I do have hands on experience with security and also cisco equipment:
This is my path
Cisco:
CCENT > {X}
CCNA R&S > {X}
Microsoft (2017):
Private cloud route (windows 2012 server and then onto the cloud section)
