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I've been drudging through the Official Cert Guide 640-554 for CCNA Security and watching the new CBT Nuggets 640-554 videos. I thought about buying the INE videos, but still hesitant. The free CCNA R&S INE videos they have were ok but just a tad dry for my taste. I finally sat for CCNA R&S last Monday. I really should have done that like 10 years ago instead of ignoring it. Hoping to finish plowing through CCNAS quickly so I can move on to CCNP Security.
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I like watching CBT Nuggets and other videos before I tackle the chapters of a book just because I get a little more familiar with the content before pressing into the details. It gives me sort of a oh this was what he was talking about feeling. It's actually working very well for me for CCNA Security since Keith Barker is a co-author of the book and he did the CBT Nugget videos. It is pretty much like a video preview of the next topic.
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May 23, 2013 18:10
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Woop, just passed CCNA Security an hour ago. Was much easier than I expected. Anyone have a recomendation on study materials for CCNP Secure? It looks like the Official Cert book is downright horrible according to all the reviews I see of it. I don't even see any other books on the topic. I already plan on picking up the CBT Nuggets, but I wanted something else. I have a Safari subscription so I'll probably just read it on there. I usually like buying at least one textbook to fondle inappropriately though. 
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May 29, 2013 00:24
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I like me some ACLs except I absolutely hate wildcards. I came from the ASA world though where at least they're masks. ugh. I just got the monthly subscription to INE a couple days ago. $99 hurts right now with my first little one on the way in a few months but I really dig it. The CBT Nuggets for the CCNP Security SECURE weren't very good for me but the INE videos are a little easier to keep with.
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Jun 11, 2013 00:18
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Surely you afford to buy another ceritficate with that sweet ccnp salary? Aren't they $15? haha
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Jun 14, 2013 21:36
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642-637 (CCNP Security SECURE) in the books today. Yay. Getting through the cisco press book was harder than the actual exam was. I watched the CBT Nuggets (which were boring) and finally got an all access pass to INE and watched their videos which were a bit better suited to me. Happy to have that one down. On to FIREWALL. At least the material looks a bit better for me.
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Jun 21, 2013 00:56
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Jedi425 posted:Glad to hear that SECURE sticks to the same "never use the Cisco Press book" stance that FIREWALL did, I'm going to have to take that in the near future. Protip for FIREWALL: you're going to be shocked at how heavily the test emphasizes ASDM over CLI. Be sure to get hands-on with ASDM a bit just so you know what is where. I found that out last night. We use ASDM a lot (ugh) where I work so I was actually looking forward to digging into the command line a bit. Then watching the first INE video of "it will be heavily ASDM based" crushed my dreams. cisco press had some buy 3 get 40% off sale so I bit the bullet and bought Firewall, VPN and IPS books. Probably going to regret it but oh well. I have a safraibooks subscription too so I should know better... argh.
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Jun 21, 2013 17:11
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Woo. 642-618 FIREWALL is down. Studied for two weeks -- at least 5 hours a day. I work with ASAs but still thought I would barely pass but I almost got a perfect score. I know people recommend to do VPN after Firewall, I'm going to do the IPS exam next before I leave for the paid family leave stuff at work when my son is born. This way I'll get some solid time in front of real sensors and not have to rent a rack or anything just to do some labs for it. only IPS and VPN left. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! Fortunately there's ridiculous amounts of downtime at work where I put in most of my studying.
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Jul 3, 2013 21:46
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Martytoof posted:I need to renew my CCNA before Jan 30 or whenever. I was hoping to crank out CCNA Security but it looks like the new one is ASA-centric and I don't really have the means to practise that. Just going to have to man up and do CCNP ROUTE finally. Hopefully I can knock that out side by side with this VCP thing. There isn't really any ASA on CCNA Security outside of a couple over very high level firewall concepts. It was mostly using that stupid CCP interface on IOS devices. You don't really touch any ASA until CCNP Firewall (2.0) and it's like 70% ASDM and 30% CLI. I'd go for CCNA Security - I thought that was a lot easier than CCNA R&S.
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Jul 9, 2013 03:30
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Jedi425 posted:Let us know how IPS looks; I have to choose between that and VPN next, and we don't use IPS modules on ASAs at all where I work, so it's going to be a bear to study for. I passed IPS (642-627) a couple days ago. The test wasn't bad at all. I'm pretty sure anyone that can understand English could pass the simulation. The only thing I think I didn't do well one was the stupid little stuff I didn't even think to memorize. (e.g. knowing the capabilities of specific models of IPS devices - something any sane person would just say hold on a second and let me look it up in 2 seconds.) I didn't realize almost every freaking CCNP Security level exam gives one of those "specialist" titles. SECURE gives Cisco IOS Security Specialist FIREWALL gives Cisco Firewall Specialist IPS gives Cisco IPS Specialist and apparently if you pass FIREWALL and VPN you get Cisco ASA Specialist. And they expire every 2 years (not renewed with taking any CCNP/CCIE exam, you have to take that specific exam) so needless to say I'm not renewing those. I only have VPN left for my CCNP Security. I got my first baby on the way at the beginning of next month so I'm going balls to the wall, but I think the baby is going to win.
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Aug 1, 2013 17:42
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Return Of JimmyJars posted:The first 2-4 weeks of baby havin' aren't too bad as both baby and mother tend to sleep a lot. It's even easier if you've got family to help. After that though... I was planning on using my paid family leave to jump start on the CISSP to. My newborn better enjoy being put to sleep by me reading Shon Harris' book to him! (He'll be 2 months or so when I take my time off after my wife, so I probably won't get anything done.)
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Aug 2, 2013 17:07
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DGK2000 posted:Speaking of the S+, can anyone recommend a good book for it? Perhaps any other low-cost prep stuff? Professor Messer's youtube videos are well done and free. http://www.professormesser.com/free-comptia-security-training/security-plus-videos/ As for a book Darril Gibson's is usually highly recommended. CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide
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Aug 8, 2013 22:50
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swampcow posted:There are worse problems to have. You should be grateful that your management actually gives praise. I've had to explain to my boss what CCNP Security, CCNA Security and CCNA Routing and Switching are. Also Security+. I even made this stupid graph to explain them to him one time. 
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Aug 28, 2013 20:16
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FISHMANPET posted:So, as someone that already runs their own VMWare cluster, can I just skip most of the lessons in the Stanly course and jump straight into the labs? Haha, yeah the slide lessons are a bit, uh, lackluster. I really hope they open more of the 'module' things already. I want to get it over with quickly but only 1-3 is open so far. I think all the labs are open but I wanted to use that material too. I help manage small vmware cluster, but I'd like to actually know more details about how everything works. All this being said I'm sitting for my Cisco VPN exam tomorrow. I pass this and I get that nifty CCNP Security certification in the books. I haven't been this nervous since the original CCNA
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Oct 29, 2013 21:20
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees CCNP Security is done! Passed VPN today. Woot woot! I'm in the VMWare class at Stanly so the VCP is next on my list but then I'm not sure what path I'd like to pursue. I was thinking possibly CCIE Security, but I'm a bit burnt out on that. I was thinking about venturing over to CCNP R&S or CCNA Voice/Wireless. Decisions, decisions.
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Oct 31, 2013 00:58
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Same here. I contributed as soon as I saw it. I used it a lot for the CCNA and all of the CCNP Security stuff (minus IPS obviously) and it was gold. I've been thinking of heading to CCNP R&S after I finish up the VCP and CCNA Voice so having switching is a dream come true.
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Nov 21, 2013 18:59
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MJP posted:If you email Jana Kennedy (jkennedy7709@stanly.edu) and ask if there's an idea as to when you'll be able to take the course, hopefully that'll help. I was surprised when I asked her if she knew when I took my course, she said I should have been emailed - my number came up and I did the course. And also make sure to whitelist @stanly.edu or frequently check your spam folder. I'm in the current course and have been done with the labs for like two weeks now. I think the course is over but I'm not even sure. There's been like 2 e-emails from the instructor and the discussion forums never even opened up for the course. Don't think I learned anything from the course but hey, at least I can sit for the VCP.
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Dec 2, 2013 18:40
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and speaking of the Stanley course, don't buy the book. What a waste of money that was. Buy one of the VCP books like the VCP Study guide or something.
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Dec 6, 2013 17:13
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Daylen Drazzi posted:So should we be able to access the Stanly VM store now, or does it become available after the class is over? And how do I find the EDU vouchers for the reduced cost exam? I had the same question. I e-mailed the instructor but I'll probably lose moodle access by the time he would actually respond. Argh.
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psyopmonkey posted:The 11th hour book is really good and gets to the point. Its also an ebook! I cant speak to the gibson book. I have both of Eric Conrad's books and was planning on using those to start working through the CISSP. And using Shon Harris' AIO monstrosity as a reference/second opinion on things. I listened to a bunch of Shon Harris' mp3 lectures she has. I'm pumped up to start digging through the CISSP material but I really need to get the VCP exam done. Just can't get motivated to cram and schedule that test.
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Feb 7, 2014 19:15
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icehewk posted:If you wanted to go in a security role, auditing perhaps, would CCNA Security be worth getting before CISSP/CISA? I was debating whether to go for CCNA Security of CISSP first. I got my CCNA Security (and then CCNP Security) pretty quickly. I think CCNA Security was probably the easiest exam I've taken out of all of it. If you want to get something done quick I'd say hit CCNA Security before the CISSP. Keith Barker's videos on CBT Nuggets and the official book (that he wrote too) were probably the best CBT Nuggets I've seen next to Jeremy Ciorra's CCNA R&S nuggets.
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Feb 13, 2014 19:14
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Crunchtime posted:Just got my Stanley email about the vSphere course. I'm planning to enroll, can someone give me a brief idea of what the course entails, how it works, class times etc etc?? It's work at your own pace. There's three or so super easy quizzes that they allow you to take multiple times. There's a bunch of labs you have to work through in order to get credit for completing the class. You follow along with the PDFs and they're almost impossible to screw up. There are some video lectures but they're absolutely horrible. Don't buy the materials for the class because those books are completely useless. You won't come remotely close to passing the VCP if you just rely on this class, but it's a super easy way to get that VMWare class checkbox. All of the labs probably took under 2 hours total to complete. edit: the only thing is they don't open up all the quizes/lectures at once so you have to go back and do them every couple of weeks. All the labs can be done in the beginning though.
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Feb 19, 2014 19:35
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I took the Stanley class and can't get motivated enough to keep studying for the VCP. I decided to put it on hold and went balls to the walls into CCNP Switch. Hoping I'll get some motivation to come back to it after that. The two year re-cert kind of rubs me the wrong way. I understand re-certifying is a good idea, but would've liked 3 years
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Mar 22, 2014 18:11
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BaseballPCHiker posted:To anyone who has taken the vcp course through Stanley Community College, how much did you use the required book? It's like $45, I've never heard mention of it and I think I'd rather just spend the money on the Scott Lowe book. Do not buy it. It's basically throwing $45 away. Buy the Scott Lowe book instead.
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Apr 28, 2014 15:40
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Just passed SWITCH last Friday. Not a bad exam at all except for some EIGRP out of nowhere. Not sure if that question leaked from ROUTE or something. Going to start up on ROUTE next, but think I might sit for that 640-911 Data Center exam (the first of two) since it looks so easy.
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May 7, 2014 17:15
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Fag Boy Jim posted:Oh my god, CCP is such a piece of poo poo, please tell me nobody actually uses this after taking the CCNA Security exam. Nobody uses it, and honestly if you never used it I still think you could pass the lab on the exam. Also, unless they changed it with the recent refresh, get used to ASDM if you go to the CCNP level.
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May 10, 2014 16:41
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Haha. I love Keith Barker. I think he's redoing the CCNP Security videos, or at least I hope he is. He did Firewall and VPN, but another trainer did IPS and SECURE and drat those were so boring. I just met him at Cisco Live last week after his MPLS session and I got my photo taken with him. Awesome guy.
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May 28, 2014 23:49
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Fag Boy Jim posted:Yeah, I saw BGP so much in entry level positions that I ended up picking up the ROUTE book and going through that a bit. Good god this is so true for me right now. I put BGP on my resume since I have a basic CCNP level understanding of it, and holy poo poo am I getting senior network engineer positions thrown at me left and right. I have a little experience running ibgp on our MPLS, but nothing too exciting. I almost want to take it off my resume for how many hits I'm getting.
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Jul 18, 2014 17:38
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Tennis Ball posted:Passed with a 71%. There was a lot of stuff on it that wasn't in the book I had. But a pass is a pass. drat. I'm taking CEH tomorrow and I've haven't really studied much for it at all. Hope I can wing it. Did pretty good on the practice tests I've taken today from the books.
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Aug 8, 2014 23:39
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Tennis Ball posted:I was using the practice tests from "All In One CEH Exam Guide" I bought off of Amazon. Ahh - did my share of coding too so hoping they won't be too tricky. I have a safari subscription so I'm going to move on to the "all in one" practice exams later tonight. Might end up pulling an all nighter to cram things in. The process to be exempt from taking the EC Council official training program seemed a bit off. Dealing with them felt like I was getting ripped off in a PayPal scam or something.
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Aug 8, 2014 23:55
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Passed CEH with a 97%. Wasn't expecting that. I was out of there in about 45 minutes or so I think. I have an enrollment interview for WGU for the Masters in Info Security and Assurance. Hoping to get ROUTE and TSHOOT finished before I start and the exams change. Think I'm mostly prepared for ROUTE. So little time. argh.
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Aug 11, 2014 17:12
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Just wondering, what's your background? Do you have work history dealing with that / was it all self study? Yep - I do the vulnerability scanning where I currently work, so I use Nessus and nmap a lot. I just did the practice tests the the CEH Cert Guide and the AIO book and whatever things I wasn't sure of I tried to fill in. If you deal with it day to day it is extremely easy - there was just a few things I wasn't 100% positive on, but picking the most reasonable sounding answer apparently worked.
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Aug 13, 2014 17:28
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Anyone take CHFI before? Doesn't look like much study material is out there for it except a really old book. Not happy with the EC Council right now. Apparently I did too well on the CEH exam and I'm being audited for it. Had to send along my resume and my study materials used. And now it might hold up getting into WGU until I get it approved for transcripts. Argh.
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Aug 19, 2014 00:10
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OhDearGodNo posted:That's the first I've heard of any exam audit, aren't the CEH exams proctored? Yeah, I took it at a PearsonVUE testing center. I guess I should have taken longer and answered things wrong :/
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Aug 19, 2014 18:20
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I'm still waiting for the EC Council to 'approve' me passing the CEH. It's going to delay me starting at WGU for another month because of them. I can't even get them to respond to my e-mails now. I think flying to Kuala Lumpur is an easier option right now. Wish I didn't shoot myself in the foot by taking it before going to school. I figured it'd be nice to get it out of the way. drat it.
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I'm just finishing my first semester at WGU in the MSISA too. I thought it was decent so far. The only downside to the school is that I feel like I have to explain to everyone that it is a non-profit and fully accredit school to everyone that asks me where I'm going.
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