Jamesweb wrote: » I would like to ask what you used for your studies? What books you may have used, practice exams? I plan to use Darril's new 401 book, the Cert Guide by David Prowse, Messer videos and study guide, certmaster and maybe one good practice exam. Not sure if this too much or not though.
DeZi xP wrote: » 1. Take Darril Gibson's practice exam. See where you are at. I got an 69% the first time but half of it was luck. 2. Read through Darril Gibson's book from front to back and summarize it in your own words; don't just copy what you see. You can get through a chapter a day (11 total) if you put 4-6 hours into it. 2. Do the quizzes the day after you finish a chapter and study the night before. Try to soak up the knowledge. 3. After you finish all your notes, go through them and compress it even more. You will begin to realize where you need to review material because you will write more notes in some topics, and less in others or none at all because it's obvious stuff. 4. Do his "Practical Exam" and time it. Give yourself 90 Minutes. 5. Review all the questions, and see where you got the most questions wrong. 6. Do some outside research and dive into the logistics of the protocols and topics 7. Go over all the quizzes again and see if you score higher or get the wrong questions wrong. (It stings a lot harder the second time if you get it wrong, and I can assure you probably won't forget it again) I scored on average about 10% higher which was what I needed to feel comfortable taking the exam. 8. Go over CBT Micro Nuggets videos on youtube on the topics you have a harder time in. 9. Take the Practical Exam that TechExam offers. I was shocked when I got a 60% on it because there is some things that Darril didn't cover. 10. Re-write all the protocols and ports. I had a story to each protocol and port so I can remember them easier. Also with Hashing, Asymmetric and Symmetric protocols. 11. Know all your abbreviations. even if you think you know them all, go through the index and see what you don't know 12. Rest easy, enjoy and have fun coming up with solutions to everyday security problems! Going to take a little break and get right back into my next step. If anyone has suggestions, please post! I was thinking of doing my Network+, then going on to doing either MSCE or C|EH.
H3||scr3am wrote: » Congrats on the pass I hope to take the 401 in the new year
spark2 wrote: » The exam is very easy! Any person can study and pass, you don't need to an IT professional!
lsud00d wrote: » Congrats! This cert is really a great deal because it's not difficult, is widely recognized (including by the DoD/federal government), and has high ROI.
spark2 wrote: » Why? Haven't you done CISSP already?
Plantwiz wrote: » Well, that makes this a worthwhile cert to have then Why should a pro want it if anyone off the street can take the exam and pass it? Nevertheless, congratulations.
fuz1on wrote: » Congrats man! Right on the money, man! I passed it last week and I have an interview for a cloud security engineer already (as well as more replies). It opened the door for me.
