Comments on: Suggested Blog Reading – Tuesday April 24th, 2007 http://www.andrewhay.ca/archives/98 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: LonerVamp http://www.andrewhay.ca/archives/98#comment-45 LonerVamp Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:40:06 +0000 http://www.andrewhay.ca/archives/98#comment-45 Yeah, I was looking over the costs and material for the GSEC. I'm not one of those guys who wants to pass a test without true understanding of the material, and I think that's a lot of material to try to cover on my own. And doing that still costs $800 for the challenge exam. I'd rather do the self-study or on-site work, but that's up will over $2000. I find it tough to focus there while the CCNA is available for roughly $200 (including books) and CISSP for something like $400. I'm thinking I'll keep plugging at the CCNA first, and then CISSP as summer approaches. I've been slowly studying for CISSP for about 6-8 months now, so I think I've had good time to let a lot of that absorb in. Yeah, I was looking over the costs and material for the GSEC. I'm not one of those guys who wants to pass a test without true understanding of the material, and I think that's a lot of material to try to cover on my own. And doing that still costs $800 for the challenge exam. I'd rather do the self-study or on-site work, but that's up will over $2000. I find it tough to focus there while the CCNA is available for roughly $200 (including books) and CISSP for something like $400.

I'm thinking I'll keep plugging at the CCNA first, and then CISSP as summer approaches. I've been slowly studying for CISSP for about 6-8 months now, so I think I've had good time to let a lot of that absorb in.

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