The 3 new exams are product focused (PIX, IDS, VPN) so you'll probably end
up in the doc anyway. Syngress has a Cisco Security book out which has
chapters on each of these areas. The Cisco Press MCNS book is supposed to
be a port of the cisco course, which will cover some, but not all you need.
I haven't seen any good books on PIX or IDS/NetRanger, but Cisco Press has a
book, MPLS and VPN Architectures
by Ivan Pepelnjak, ISBN: 1587050021 that might be useful, I'm not sure.
As general study reference outlines, I use the Global Knowledge on-line
course outlines for the three courses and the Cisco Exam Blueprints for the
Security CCIE Qualification Exam and the Security CCIE Recertification Exam
(good books and links).
As to why the increase, look at what's happening to the CCIE. There used to
be five: R&S, ISP-Dial, WAN (StrataCom), SNA-IP, and Design. ISP-Dial and
WAN are being combined/updated/revamped, SNA-IP looks like it's retiring,
Design is being updated/altered/reconsidered, R&S has gained voice and maybe
some security and lost some of the somewhat less primary protocols.
Depending on how the upcoming Service Provider & Security CCIE's get
implemented, security may one of Cisco's top focuses (foci?) right after
routing and switching, there is a market for it.
It is daunting that there are five specializations: SNA-IP, Voice, ATM, Net
Mgmt, and Security: 3 require 1 test, 1 requires 2 tests (Net Mgmt), and
Security takes 4, ouch! Of course, once you get through MCNS, PIX, IDS and
VPN, you'll probably be in very good shape for the Security CCIE
Qualification Exam. Good luck.
Arthur Stewart CCNP, CISSP
Jon Cuthbert wrote in message
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>Does anyone know of any good books for the 4 exams now required for
>the Security specialisation.
>
>I know the Managing Cisco Network Security book by Cisco Press is due
>out. But what about the PIX and other exams.
>
>Also I wonder why they've suddenly increased the exams for this
>specialistation compared with the others.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jon
>
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