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Sorry I was away on Vacation last week so I am trying to catch up on a lot right now. I sent the following to a student recently. (I have edited it a bit to include some updates and things that I think are important.) Here are my recommendations 1. Read Network Security Technologies and Solutions (Yusuf Bhaiji, CCIE Security Program Manager). Although the book does not go into great depth for the technologies it covers I think it is invaluable for you to be aware of the various technologies covered by the exam. This book is perfect for preparing for the written exam. 2. Begin working on Volume 1 Technology Focused Scenarios. As you study take the blueprint and create a checklist of the blueprint topics. Use this checklist to note details our material is covering and compare it to the blueprint and use it as a guide in understanding how your knowledge is progressing. 3. Attend the 5 Day ILT Course. This will really help to solidify the knowledge you have been gaining working thru the technology focused labs. 4. Begin work on the Volume 2 Mock Labs. These should give you a good feel of what you should expect going into the Lab exam. 5. By this time I should have an updated video for the Video on Demand, and you can use this to continue to refresh yourself on the information you learned attending the bootcamp 6. Attend a OWLE. This one is very beneficial but at this point it can be a pretty expensive journey so if money is a restraint this is the one that I would say based on cost you could continue without but there is no question it would greatly benefit you. 7. If you do the OWLE I recommend it to be 2 to 4 weeks before the actual exam. You would use this time to solidify your knowledge and work out any week points. 8. Get the Labs of Yusuf Bahaji, http://www.ciscopress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=1587140268, and do them. Take the time to read thru the explanations as he gives a great amount of detail on how the test is graded and gives good detail on the labs themselves which will help you in better preparation for the lab. 9. Take the Exam. We also are going to release a study guide that is a bunch of notes taken from the Documentation CD and condensed into a 50 page study guide that covers a lot of advanced configuration details and should greatly benefit you in studying for the exam. (These are the notes of one of our students, Piotr Kaluzny's, that he used in studying for the exam and I was really impressed by the amount of material and information available so I wanted to make them available for everyone else.) These will be a free update to everyone that has bought the blended learning solution. I should have these notes available for existing customers within a day or two. The rest of these books I recommend but don't need to be read in any particular order. You can use them as reference material thru your studies Cisco ASA (Omar Santos) - This is one that I am going to pick up and may be even better than the Cisco ASA, PIX, and FWSM book I was recommending earlier. I have not read this one. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns617/networking_solutions_sub_solution_ho me.html. I recommend reading the NAC Framework configuration guide. I personally learned a ton from this document on NAC. I would recommend this over the Network Admission Control Volume II: NAC fraemework. SSL Remote Access VPN's (Frahim/Huang). The book concentrates a lot on SDM and ASDM which isn't very helpful for the test so it is difficult because you can't use these in the test. But there are a lot of new features for SSL VPN that are only supported from GUI. So you can use the book to find out how to do things from GUI and then go to command line and see how it was implemented. Cisco Router Firewall Security. Personally I have not read this book but it comes highly recommended even though it is a little out of date. Regards, Tyson Scott - CCIE #13513 R&S, Security, and SP Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. Mailto: [email protected] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444, ext. 208 Live Assistance, Please visit: www.ipexpert.com/chat eFax: +1.810.454.0130 IPexpert is a premier provider of Classroom and Self-Study Cisco CCNA (R&S, Voice & Security), CCNP, CCVP, CCSP and CCIE (R&S, Voice, Security & Service Provider) Certification Training with locations throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. Be sure to check out our online communities at www.ipexpert.com/communities and our public website at www.ipexpert.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jared Scrivener Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 5:20 AM To: Kingsley Charles Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] CCIE Security preparation best practice That sounds like a pretty good plan to me. -- Cheers, Jared Scrivener, CCIE3 #16983 (R&S, Sec, SP), CISSP Instructor, Mentor, Consultant Homepage: www.JaredScrivener.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: ascentience LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaredscrivener On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Kingsley Charles <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all Can everyone please share the best practice for the CCIE Security lab preparation best practice. I have the following in my mind in order: 1. Individual feature practice in depth - Vol 1 2. Refer Cisco CD Docs 3. Refer Cisco Press by Yusuf 4. Practice all IPexpert 10 labs - 2 or 1 month before exam With regards Kings _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
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