Certification Goals for 2016... What Are Yours?

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deanwebb

November 17, 2015, 08:33:43 AM Last Edit: November 17, 2015, 08:38:29 AM by deanwebb
 :awesome:

I need to re-cert on CCNP-Security, but that's just one test. My bigger goal might be helping my son to get his CCNA and to get started on his IT career. Of course, he already knows the most important part of IT operations:

:itcrowd:

EDIT: I just realized, I can/should/ought to get started on my CISSP cert. Time to get some books and stuff. Nothing says "senior security architect that should be way overpaid" like a CISSP. And I wanna be that guy.  C:-)
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
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routerdork

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November 17, 2015, 12:10:16 PM
New job has asked me about getting VCP certified three times in my first week and since I can get the VCP-NV without the pre-req's until January 31st, 2016 I'll be studying that pretty heavily over the next two months. After that I'm thinking I'll resume CCNP R&S and then on to F5-CA to appease the job requirements.
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wintermute000

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November 17, 2015, 04:02:31 PM Last Edit: November 17, 2015, 04:04:04 PM by wintermute000
CCNP-DC, then CWNA (its on my KPI... goddammit), then VCIX-NV.

I would probably prefer not to bother with the first, but I have a big knowledge gap re: FI and UCS and I'm also getting put into a role where there will be a lot of design work around a new 7k+OTV deployment (as per standard operating procedure if you're a customer, you buy the hardware, then you ask your SI what to do with it....). Since I already have the INE CCIE DC workbook and a TON of leftover rack tokens, why not eh - it will be refreshing to cruise through the advanced technology labs with no pressure coz you're just getting exposure, not stressing about memorising it all for the lab exam :)
I've also been asked to tool up on sourcefire, but since I already have my CCNP-Sec, there's not a lot of incentive to actually do the exam. Ditto with ISE.
Routerdork, hit that VCP-NV hard and you'll ace it - run out and buy/build/cobble together a 32Gb whitebox and start labbing!

deanwebb

#3
November 17, 2015, 04:06:00 PM
Yeah, for Sourcefire and ISE, I'd just go with exposure to the tech. For ISE, I would absolutely recommend reading the book on 802.1X in the networking bookshelf thread. That book is indispensable. Read that first, in fact, and then a lot of what ISE does and the way it does it will fall into place.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

#4
November 18, 2015, 03:05:21 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on November 17, 2015, 08:33:43 AM
EDIT: I just realized, I can/should/ought to get started on my CISSP cert. Time to get some books and stuff. Nothing says "senior security architect that should be way overpaid" like a CISSP. And I wanna be that guy.  C:-)

On that topic, you might want to look at TOGAF as well. I'm thinking that could be some suit-friendly low hanging fruit (i can't bear the thought of formally studying ITIL or PMBOK!)
Funnily I was also thinking a CISSP might benefit, though I'm not a security specialist they keep giving me firewall and security gigs so...... I've definitely implemented enough 'perimeter security solutions' to qualify. Let me know how you go with the latter, I'm definitely picking up on the former. How hard can it be, its not even technical AND its still multiple choice mwhahahahaha

Thanks for the dot1x tip. We do a lot of work with Clearpass (which is usually our go-to for identity, esp. wireless identity/dot1x/NAC), so might pay to read something vendor neutral..

deanwebb

#5
November 18, 2015, 06:44:36 AM
I'll look into the TOGAF, that looks like some possible fun. And I've actually dabbled in PMBOK before.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

SimonV

#6
November 18, 2015, 07:08:36 AM
JNCIS-ENT and renew my CCNP. After that I'll start reading some of the CCIE books I bought recently

icecream-guy

#7
November 18, 2015, 07:33:37 AM
Got to renew that CCNP in 2016 too,  may be a bit difficult with the brain injury, concentration and memory are still a bit messed up. hopefully that will all clear up shortly. and I can get back to study.
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deanwebb

#8
November 18, 2015, 08:20:18 AM
Quote from: ristau5741 on November 18, 2015, 07:33:37 AM
Got to renew that CCNP in 2016 too,  may be a bit difficult with the brain injury, concentration and memory are still a bit messed up. hopefully that will all clear up shortly. and I can get back to study.
Studying a difficult topic is actually a very good way to improve brain function after an injury. Frustrating as hell, but much better for you in the long run than waiting for it to "heal up", because it won't really heal up until you start to go down the tough road of hard study and challenging mental activities.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

routerdork

#9
November 18, 2015, 08:22:36 AM
Quote from: wintermute000 on November 17, 2015, 04:02:31 PMRouterdork, hit that VCP-NV hard and you'll ace it - run out and buy/build/cobble together a 32Gb whitebox and start labbing!
I've already been reading the Design Guide and yesterday started going through what was needed for my lab. Found some good blog posts that give a good idea of how to get it going. I think the only thing I have left to search for is the NSX OVA. I've got a PowerEdge R710 with 64GB and Dual Six-Core Xeons so I'm stoked to be able to put it to use.
"The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity." -Abraham Lincoln

wintermute000

#10
November 21, 2015, 10:18:54 PM
I've got an almost identical setup (DL380G6 - 2x X5650 hex core, 60Gb) and it comfortably hosts a 7 node (2x2 compute cluster, 1x3 edge cluster) nested environment with NSX manager, Vcenter and AD on top. Don't be afraid to overcommit - you'll never actually hit the wall with lab VMs, most of  their RAM is unused.

deanwebb

#11
November 24, 2015, 03:35:54 PM
Ordered my CISSP books and got my son started on Wendell Odom's CCNA material, Packet Tracer, and GNS3.

Also ordered those Diablo USB-RJ45 console rollover cables, one for me and one for my boy.

Good times, this Christmas.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

NetworkGroover

#12
November 24, 2015, 07:18:51 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on November 24, 2015, 03:35:54 PM
Ordered my CISSP books and got my son started on Wendell Odom's CCNA material, Packet Tracer, and GNS3.

Also ordered those Diablo USB-RJ45 console rollover cables, one for me and one for my boy.

Good times, this Christmas.

Dude that's so awesome.  I hope my son follows in my footsteps - that would be a blast.
Engineer by day, DJ by night, family first always

Reggle

#13
November 25, 2015, 12:18:33 AM
Got a server at home now with a bunch of CentOS VMs. I might just go for RHCSA. Change of plan I know.

deanwebb

#14
November 25, 2015, 08:15:46 AM
Quote from: Reggle on November 25, 2015, 12:18:33 AM
Got a server at home now with a bunch of CentOS VMs. I might just go for RHCSA. Change of plan I know.
For fun or for career direction?
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.
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