CompTIA certs 
Do I need experience to pass the Comptia Sec + exam?
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CompTIA certs
They’re a good start don’t hate.
I feel like they've been devalued to nothing in the last decade.
Especially the A+.
The structure is primed for cramming and just memorizing the test material.
From a more practical standpoint people tend to specialize early and almost all of these certs require having an understanding of the core fundamentals from the CompTIA certs.
Child_Of_God
Love is a long road.
CompTIA certs
What’s a better cert then?
I feel like they've been devalued to nothing in the last decade.
Especially the A+.
The structure is primed for cramming and just memorizing the test material.
From a more practical standpoint people tend to specialize early and almost all of these certs require having an understanding of the core fundamentals from the CompTIA certs.
I agree with this and it’s a problem industry wide. CompTIA has been trying to address it by making the test more difficult but all it has done IMO has turned people off because they’d rather go the Cisco route which as we know has more clout and is much harder to cram.
Depends on what you wanna do...it’s broad a question. If you wanted to work in the WAN it would absolutely be MEF CECP and MEF SDN in addition to Juniper or Cisco Certs depending on where you wanted to land. On the LAN side it’s clearly Cisco first and foremost for networking and it splinters of in a million different directions from there.
A better question is what's your interest?
What type of role are you looking for?
Child_Of_God
Love is a long road.
I’ve always been interested in cyber security.
Then the sec+ is a natural st rting point since there really aren't many alternatives.
@Deuterion can give his thoughts, but you should probably familiairize yourself with also understanding basic routing and firewalls.
Learn to read a fiddler, understand tokens, refresh tokens etc, and set yourself up a lab where you cna practice this.
Job wise unless you're in school and getting an internship or something like the Mach program look for a small business with 100-200 employees, get in good with your boss, ask one of the seniors to mentor you and get the production experience.
Then apply for another roles.
Also see if they'll pay for additional certs and if you get a bonus for passing them.
GreenGhxst
Veteran
You should rather them tell you the truth than to lie to you to preserve your feelings
be glad they're not feeding you bullshyt, at least you know what you have to do next
This right here. I failed sec+ until I took and passed net+
@Call Me James gave you some solid advice. As he stated, familiarize yourself with Routing and Firewalls...all this applies to the OSI Model as we talk about before. Everyone has their opinion but I feel that if you want to get into Networking you should be comfortable with:
Layer 1: Cabling, Adapters, Electrical vs. Optical
Layer 2: Switching, Switches, MAC Addressing, MAC Flooding, L2 Control Protocols
Layer 3: Routing, Routers, IP Addressing, Convergence, L3 Routing Protocols
Understanding what a network is and isn't is tantamount and makes it easier to understand all the different protocols and technologies created to enhance efficiency and security as the size of the network grows. For instance, it's hard to understand MPLS as a technology if all you know is basic LAN Management but when you start dealing with Metro Area and Wide Area networks that transport loads of traffic it makes it very clear why a technology like MPLS was needed and how it minimized resource utilization.
This may not 100% apply to Sec+ at all times but how can you really secure some shyt you don't understand?
Do you code or are you a sys admin?
I just got some Sec+ and CySa+ (I think that’s what it’s called) material from a contact in this cyber security group I joined. Hoping to get cracking on it. I was told if you crack down on studying for 3 or so months you should be good.
Would it be wise to get the Sec+ and then embark on network before the CySa+? I’m looking to get at least two by the end of the year and hopefully get an entry level job before I apply for a masters in comp sci next year @Deuterion
Would it be wise to get the Sec+ and then embark on network before the CySa+? I’m looking to get at least two by the end of the year and hopefully get an entry level job before I apply for a masters in comp sci next year @Deuterion