CCNA

[jimjam81]

Hi

Is CCNA worth doing and roughly how long does it take to achieve?

I have been working in IT services for around 5 years specialising in web proxies and secure gateways. It was roughly 75% bau, 25% projects split.

I tried contracting for a year, but only got 5 months work and found it hard to get other contracts due to being in quite a niche area.

Recently I managed to secure a full time job on a good salary for Northern England doing 100% project work in security infrastructure, so proxies, gateways, Av, Siem, ids/ips, firewalls etc.

I also achieved my Cissp about 5 months ago and I am at a crossroads as whether I should do CCNA now or do another security certification such as Cisa or the CCSP, perhaps even work towards CISSP ISSAP.

Ideally I would like my next career step in 2-3 years time to be a security architect or Consultant.

 

[jimjam81]

Thanks for the feedback, that would be great if I could do CCNA in approx 6 months, I thought it would take about a year.

Not sure I would need the data centre one but the security one I will research.

 

[jimjam81]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Yes I have decided I am going to do CCNA next, I will try and get it into my h2 objectives and see if my company is willing to pay for the course or at least the exams if I pass.

I do plan on staying in information security in the long term as its booming right now and will work towards another security certificate (probably Cisa) in about a years time after I achieve CCnA.