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2013 Certification Plans
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snokerpoker Member Posts: 661 ■■■■□□□□□□
For work: Cisco specialization certs. On my own: Linux +. -
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al3kt.R*** Member Posts: 118
2013 is planned as an (ISC)2year for me, with SSCP scheduled for February and hopefully get CISSP by the end of the year.
If I can pursue an RHCSA somewhere in between then I'll be thrilled.
Let's see..."Tigranes: Good heavens! Mardonius, what kind of men have brought us to fight against? Men who do not compete for possessions, but for honour."--- Herodotus, The Histories
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uyen_nguyen Member Posts: 32 ■■□□□□□□□□
Planning
2012: GSEC GCIA
2013: GSE-Written GCFA GREM GXPNEnglish is my second language. My apology for my grammar errors. -
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Falasi Member Posts: 115
Hopefully I'll Pass CCNA/CRISC by the end of this year... but for 2013:
MCSE 2012.
CISA
PMP
maybe ISSAP/ISSEP or CCNA: Sec.
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Roguetadhg Member Posts: 2,489 ■■■■■■■■□□
Ugh. Simply. . . ugh.
Haven't finished one cert this year, and started a couple. I think my goal for 2013 would be. . . finish one. Take one exam and pass.
Anything beyond that would be gravy.
Some certifications have a lot of tests, just keep moving forwardIn order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
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X10MMX Member Posts: 81 ■■□□□□□□□□
3 months of 2011 and 2012 have been good to me... I have accomplished my CCNA, MS 680,640,642. I am looking to site my 643 by the end of the month.
In October I am off on a SCCM 2012 course and hopefully my 647 by the end of the year to complete my MCITP:EA.
As for 2013.. I've started thinking about it. I am defo thinking something around virtualisation and storage. VMWare or Hyper-V I haven't decided yet. I work for an MSP so I guess both would be good.
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bermovick Member Posts: 1,135 ■■■■□□□□□□
I think finding a job that doesn't make me feel like I'm wasting/have wasted my time studying (or push through that feeling).
Finishing the CCNP Security and knocking out the CCIE R+S written is a good 2013 goal.Latest Completed: CISSP
Current goal: Dunno -
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amcnow Member Posts: 215 ■■■■□□□□□□
Completed in 2012
OCP (Oracle Certified Professional), Java SE 6 Programmer
Yet to complete in 2012
CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician)
*If time permits it, I will pass the 70-450 exam to finish my MCITP: Database Administrator 2008. I need to get it done before July 31, 2013.
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Goals for 2013
CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator)
G2700 (GIAC Certified ISO-27000 Specialist)
*I will submit my experience for CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). I passed the exam back in early 2010.WGU - Master of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Completed: JIT2, TFT2, VLT2, C701, C702, C706, C700, FXT2
In Progress: C688
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biggene Member Posts: 153 ■■■■□□□□□□
Goals for remainder of 2012
1. Security + (which will renew my A+ from 1996)
2. Network +
3. A JOB
Goals for 2013
1. Decide which direction I want my career to go (I am leaning towards Server Admin/Virtualization at the present time, although Health Informatics is on the short list also)
2. Whichever certs I need to further my career.
3. Start my Bachelors Degree program at WGU -
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NOC-Ninja Member Posts: 1,403
If I passed CCIE then I will jump to Security + > CISSP > CCNP-Security -
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boredgamelad Member Posts: 365 ■■■■□□□□□□
In order of priority, these are my 2013 goals:
1.) Finish BS IT degree @ WGU (before January 31, 2013 to finish in one term).
2.) CCNA: Security
3.) Find a real networking job
5.) ITIL v3 Foundation
6.) Juniper JNCIA and JNCIS (If I end up staying with my current employer)
7.) Learn how to number lists properly -
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N2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
Finish my MBA before December 31st 2012
Moving forward ITIL V3 Expert 2013 -
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chrisone Member Posts: 2,278 ■■■■■■■■■□
My plans are the same as this years LOL
Continue to chip away at the CCNP Security and work on some pentesting technologies.
To much work these days....Certs: CISSP, EnCE, OSCP, CRTP, eCTHPv2, eCPPT, eCIR, LFCS, CEH, SPLK-1002, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-900, AZ-500, VHL:Advanced+
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gadav478 Member Posts: 374 ■■■□□□□□□□
2012: A+, Network+ (completed), CCENT (hopefully in the next two weeks), CCNA (before 2013)
2013: Security+, a more networking based gigGoals for 2015: CCNP -
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paulgswanson Member Posts: 311
Completed in 2012: N+, S+, MTA SEC, MTA OS, MTA Net
Yet to complete in 2012: CIW Foundations, ITILv3,
Goals for 2013: MTA Web, CIW JavaScript Specialist, Project+, MCTSx3\MCTIP:EAhttp://paulswansonblog.wordpress.com/
WGU Progress: B.S. Network Management & Design <- I quit (got bored) -
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ch1vas Member Posts: 81 ■■□□□□□□□□
2013 ; ccent + ccnaGoal 2013: CCENT (x); CCNA(x); Security+(x); ITIL Foundation ( ) -
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VAHokie56 Member Posts: 783
knocked out the CCNP in 2012
Been trying to decide which way I go next...may just start studying for the CCIE written to just stay fresh and learn a few new things, not sure if I would take the test in 2013 or not. I wanted to do the CCIP but they retired it and I have not had the time to look into what it requires now as the CCNP SP:....
So I guess my goals for 2013 is learn as much as I can about Security,MPLS and BGP and if I can get a cert out of it,great...and I think it would be cool to pick up linux+ as well.ιlι..ιlι.
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Slowhand Mod Posts: 5,161 Mod
I have a few things left on my plate, lots of tests that I just need to review for and schedule, already done most of the studying for them. I've also got quite a few things on the 2012 list that didn't make the cut for one reason or another, but that's how they getcha. I'm going to try to knock out a few Microsoft exams before the year is over, then we'll see what I want to do in the next 12 months after that. . .
I'll know by January 1st of 2013, for sure.
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veritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
I've noticed that Cisco professionals tend to enjoy Linux. It must be a command line thing -
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9nine9 Member Posts: 11 ■□□□□□□□□□
2012 Network+, Security+ and hoping to sit for CCENT before years end. 2013 CCNA, CCNA:Security, SSCP -
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Deathgomper Member Posts: 356 ■■■□□□□□□□
The rest of 2012: Finish CCNP
2013: CCNA Security, I too have thought about Linux+ but I am leaving my options open. -
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onesaint Member Posts: 801
veritas_libertas wrote: »I've noticed that Cisco professionals tend to enjoy Linux. It must be a command line thing
Deep down, IOS is just a *nix flavor with some tweaks. Then again, so is OS X, ESXi, Android, etc. etc.
That shell makes for a comfortable place, like Windows folk and the Start button.Work in progress: picking up Postgres, elastisearch, redis, Cloudera, & AWS.
Next up: eventually the RHCE and to start blogging again.
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it_consultant Member Posts: 1,903
I have seen this the other way around. Linux admins watching me in a router or switch and they say "huh, that looks a lot like BASH". Yes it does, except IOS is much simpler.
The underwear of most commercial firewalls is a simple redhat clone. If you can get root access you will likely find iptables lurking about. They slap their intelligence (protocol inspection, anti-virus -which is usually a rip-off of clamAV, anti-spam, and monitoring/logging) on top of the *nix and sell it to us for lots of money - on hardware that would cost only a few hundred dollars. -
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onesaint Member Posts: 801
Exactly. High cost Cisco gear sporting commodity Intel Celerons is my favorite example.Work in progress: picking up Postgres, elastisearch, redis, Cloudera, & AWS.
Next up: eventually the RHCE and to start blogging again.
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it_consultant Member Posts: 1,903
Yep, and Cisco phone systems which run on IBM X-Servers with 2 GB of RAM and running Linux. -
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jmritenour Member Posts: 565
Probably VCAP-DCA and VCAP-DCD. My CCNA will be up in January 2014, so I guess I'll have to decide whether I want to renew or let it lapse."Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible; suddenly, you are doing the impossible." - St. Francis of Assisi -
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Daniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□
2013... not sure yet.
I was thinking of CCIE Routing and Switching. If only because I think it's fun. But practically speaking I shoudl probably do RHCSA/RHCE>-Daniel -
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mgates67 Member Posts: 55 ■■■□□□□□□□
For 2012 I plan on finishing CCENT and going after Security+.
As for 2013, CCNA is a definite. After that, I need to do some more research and figure out where I want to go from there. Maybe a new job will help guide my decision...