Cisco's $10 Million in Scholarships for Cyber

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ekoplex

scaredoftests wrote: »

You need to do it all or else they don't give you the free voucher. You also need to review the study guide. ALOT of information is not covered in the reading and labs.

I need to purchase the official study guide?

scaredoftests

I meant the outline. But, you can buy the book now (it is on cisco for like $40 and you can also have access to Pearson practice test).

whoknew

devilbones wrote: »

I passed the SECOPS today. I am glad to get that over with, I wish I could clone the labs somehow though. Those were great.

Dude...mighty, mighty congrats to you & welcome to the club. When did you take the SECOPS exams? Did the FB page & GAP document help? Details, brah...give us the details!!!

Blade3D

Is there a way to request to be moved up? I think my email originally said sometime in 2018.

devilbones

whoknew wrote: »

Dude...mighty, mighty congrats to you & welcome to the club. When did you take the SECOPS exams? Did the FB page & GAP document help? Details, brah...give us the details!!!

Thanks. I took the exam on the 5th of June. I grabbed some of the documents from the FB page. I also went over the NIST documents. I took the exam a few weeks earlier and failed, I scored an 816. A few of the questions were worded kind of funky and could be interpreted in multiple ways. Overall I think the test was fair and the training is great.

Ertaz

devilbones wrote: »

Thanks. I took the exam on the 5th of June. I grabbed some of the documents from the FB page. I also went over the NIST documents. I took the exam a few weeks earlier and failed, I scored an 816. A few of the questions were worded kind of funky and could be interpreted in multiple ways. Overall I think the test was fair and the training is great.

Was the process of getting a second voucher very involved?

devilbones

Ertaz wrote: »

Was the process of getting a second voucher very involved?

No. I just emailed and asked for another. They asked for my results of the failed exam and the date I wanted to retake.

PocketLumberjack

I just got the OCG for SECOPS and it is tiny as compared to SECFND. And I don't start until January 2018, I guess I have a lot of time to soak up the material...

stryder144

PocketLumberjack wrote: »

I just got the OCG for SECOPS and it is tiny as compared to SECFND. And I don't start until January 2018, I guess I have a lot of time to soak up the material...

I saw the picture someone posted on the CCNA Cyber Ops Facebook page showing the size of the book. It does not look very thick at all. Naturally, I have the ebook for SECFND and should get the download link tomorrow for the SECOPS book, so I won't be able to tell much of a difference between them.

PocketLumberjack

Honestly its adorable, your missing out lol.

OctalDump

I got my official notice that I am in the June 20 cohort... on June 20 (I guess it is a time zone thing), followed a couple of hours later by the login details and welcome pack.

Working my way through the SECFND stuff. And it is fundamentals, so far. A couple of errors in the text and challenges, here and there. But pretty good stuff.

Anyone else here in this cohort? Finding it hard/easy?

trojin

OctalDump wrote: »

Anyone else here in this cohort? Finding it hard/easy?

Definitely not hard. I hope to finish SECFND within 3 weeks and sit first exam.

scaredoftests

Remember to look over the outline for the exam..

trojin

scaredoftests wrote: »

Remember to look over the outline for the exam..

SECFND looks very easy. I would be happy to sit exam tomorrow but all labs and challenges have to completed before voucher request.

Blade3D

Is there a way to request for a sooner start date? I asked this before and didn't get a response, I don't start till April 2018.

trojin

Blade3D wrote: »

Is there a way to request for a sooner start date? I asked this before and didn't get a response, I don't start till April 2018.

Just do it again. I jumped from last cohort to 3rd

adam220891

I passed the 210-255 yesterday.

There's a few questions where the wording is confusing and I would say are borderline BS. I agree about reading the gap coverage document (although it's written in a way suggesting the author is ESL). Some of the terminology is just not right (even the gap coverage document vouches for this).

It's not a bad certification, but I wouldn't recommend paying $600 of your hard-earned dollars to take it. I know everyone in this thread is taking it at no-cost and many can get employers to pay, so not really a big point to make for this audience.

There's a surprising amount of content that just is not in the exam. It's bound to happen but I can't remember the last time where just giant chunks were no where to be seen.

Good luck everyone.

ekoplex

Where can I get this gap coverage document? Thanks

Blade3D

trojin wrote: »

Just do it again. I jumped from last cohort to 3rd

I meant I asked here and didn't get a response. What do I do to contact Cisco then?

scaredoftests

Buy the book that is now available on Cisco Press. It will have more than what the labs provided.

chopsticks

scaredoftests wrote: »

Buy the book that is now available on Cisco Press. It will have more than what the labs provided.

Which one? The first or the second one?

scaredoftests

Both are now available. Plus pearson practice tests

ekoplex

Can someone send me the link to this gap coverage document.

Ertaz

Well, I passed. These two exams are on completely different levels. Definitely go over the gap coverage document and think of scenario based questions through each of the steps and phases.

Ertaz

Anyone get a CPE/CEU count from the course completion? Would like to turn those in to ISC and CompTIA.

p@r0tuXus

Excellent job, well done, Ertaz!

Ertaz

p@r0tuXus wrote: »

Excellent job, well done, Ertaz!

Thank you sir.

Ertaz

*Update from (Tech 2000) on the CPE question:

[FONT=&quot]Hello,[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Thank you for your inquiry. We need to do some additional research on your question and will get back to you as soon as we can. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Regards,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Learning@Cisco[/FONT]

Ertaz

Ertaz wrote: »

*Update from (Tech 2000) on the CPE question:

[FONT=&amp]Hello,[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Thank you for your inquiry. We need to do some additional research on your question and will get back to you as soon as we can. [/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Regards,[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Learning@Cisco[/FONT]

7/19 Update:

[FONT=&quot]Hello,[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Here is the website that you can go to learn more about CPEs. On the right-hand side you can open a case.[/FONT]
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/cisco-continuing-education-program

[FONT=&quot]Hope this helps.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Regards,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Learning@Cisco[/FONT]

So I opened a ticket on that Control Panel and we'll see how it goes.

trojin

Passed today. Not so hard. I expected more

what to know before exam:
Wireshark
Kill chain
VERIS
CVSS
Regex