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Originally Posted by rebelprince91
OK. I've more or less decided on going for Cisco. Thank you both, rs21, and silverdwn.
silverdwn, I know that CCIE is way out of my league for the moment. I was thinking of it far into the future, somewhere around eight years from now, with at least 4 years of network experience in at least a medium size business environment. In that respect, I had asked for your advice.
Nevertheless, both of your contributions were invaluable.
So, for now, a CCENT is what I start with. Question is, after that, do I branch out into CCNA or CCNA Security?
Any tips on deciding this? Are security technicians in demand?
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You need a CCNA first in order to do a CCNA Security. If you have a decent knowledge of networking its possible to start straight out with a CCNA though it has a reputation for being difficult. If you dont feel confident enough, CCENT is a good place to start. In the long term, security engineers are always in demand and is always evolving ie; new vunerabilities are always being discovered and exploited.
But basically, the whole cisco career certification path all starts from the CCNA. CCDA is a specialised track for Designers buts its more a political course rather than technical ie meeting customer demands and cost. CCNA is mostly technical routing and switching which is the foundation of networking.