Scheduled, here goes nothing.

Whew, scheduled for Dec 27. Should have enough time to get a book or two done and then some practices and then I have completed the trifecta.

General consensus is that Sec+ 2008 is still a good thing right? Better be since its too late :P

Back to the books.

Updated Dec 27.
So I passed pretty quickly with an 838. Felt good to get all three in before the end of the year. I guess now I can relax a bit and think about whether to go MS or Cisco in 2011.

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

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erpadmin

futurethat88 wrote: »

General consensus is that Sec+ 2008 is still a good thing right?

Ummm....it's lifetime and the updated exam won't be until 2011, but then it's not lifetime.

So yeah, that's a good thing.

chmorin

Good luck. I hope to take my Security + this month as well.

drainey

Good luck. Have you read Darril's book? That's what I used and I passed today.

badboyeee

Good Luck, I will probably schedule my exam on that same day as well. We'll be cramming under the mistletoe Xmas weekend

jvhall83

Everyone is passing!!! i wanna join the party

sthompson86

jvhall83 wrote: »

Everyone is passing!!! i wanna join the party

You CAN DOOO ITTTTT!

erpadmin

jvhall83 wrote: »

Everyone is passing!!! i wanna join the party

You know what you have to do to...not that hard, good buddy. Get that Get Certified Get Ahead book and get yo'self a passed screen.

futurethat88

Well I am about to go to sleep after some last minute review. Tomorrow I drive 100 miles to go try to complete my trifecta.

I read through Todd Lammle's book after finishing Meyer's and I feel pretty well prepared.

I have really appreciated the support this forum provides. Its great to see other people succeeding. And the help with differentiating between penetration testing and vulnerability scanning was excellent.

Here's hoping I can join the crew and get another piece of paper for my wall.

cisco_nerd

Good luck!!

I will be scheduling mine for next weekend and if all goes well ill join the 'passed sec+ gang'!

Unfortunately I didnt get in quick enough to get sec+ while it is still a lifetime cert due to work constraints

Anyways all the best!

erpadmin

Good luck.

Remember, those two guides have been used by others to pass the exam. As I said to you earlier though, Darril's book was more straightforward. However, people have passed this exam without his book (though I would never recommend that....ever!)

You should do fine if you went through both the books you used and retained what you needed to retain. Look forward to seeing a passed thread/post.

pennstate22

Mine is scheduled for tomm at noon. Read darrils book front to back and used some sybex i hope i pass too!

michaelcox

good luck guys

futurethat88

Thanks again everyone. Was a real booster to see other people succeeding and knowing that it can be done.

I didn't go the Darill Gibson route as others had advised but it still worked out okay I think.

Now to find a job where I can use the skills I have instead of selling lottery and processing Western Union transactions...

cisco_nerd

futurethat88 wrote: »

Updated Dec 27.
So I passed pretty quickly with an 838. Felt good to get all three in before the end of the year. I guess now I can relax a bit and think about whether to go MS or Cisco in 2011.

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

Congrats on your pass!

I hope to pass mine next Saturday.

And go Cisco! it's the only way to go haha!

erpadmin

futurethat88 wrote: »

Thanks again everyone. Was a real booster to see other people succeeding and knowing that it can be done.

I didn't go the Darill Gibson route as others had advised but it still worked out okay I think.

Now to find a job where I can use the skills I have instead of selling lottery and processing Western Union transactions...

Maybe it's an Oklahoman thing to reinvent the wheel...lol.

No seriously, well done. It wasn't really a suprise to me since you had two guides that others have used as well...

Congrats and welcome to the club!