Server or networking path for security career.

Hello all, what path would better serve a guy who wants to go deep into IT security? MCSE or CCNA?
Please explain why and the benefits of either side.
Please explain why and the benefits of either side.
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Sometimes some people take some classes and be like.. wow back end/prog security is my thing or I love working with firewalls.
You need to get some experience and explore around. Eventually you will find out the area you like the most.
I did CCNA then MCSE, then ASA/Fortigates and packet analysis in general.
Neither certificate will really help a lot for security. What they will help with is getting your toes wet and prepping you for the full monty. Don't be intimidated by the books... the water is deep... there will be many more thousands of pages to go. Two of the most obvious deeper channels would be full packet capture and application whitelisting, and I'd add Bro/Powershell/Linux/certificates/identity too. Now that LEO is the apex predator in cyber, you'd be better off envisioning yourself part of a tiger team instead of hack the planet... maybe in a couple years we'll all be using Lojban anyway and the fundamental philosophy problems with linguistics that give rise to technical security problems in general will dry up...
It comes down to a lot of fundamentals. Some people choose to go very deep in certain areas and remain light in others, but as long as you have the basic core concepts down on the systems and network side, then your ability to grasp and solve problems will be much more effective. To be only one or the other puts you at a disadvantage because you can't see how things interrelate with one another and you start relying on your assumptions about the other key areas.