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Reading Time: 3 minutes The Empty Blog One of the primary reasons I originally started this blog, was to use it for personal accountability with my Cisco certification progress. As I studied and understood a particular topic, I could write a blog article on that topic to cement it in my mind and share that knowledge with others. The complete lack of blog posts reflects about how well that plan went… I actually did complete my CCNP Security, and was in pursuit of my

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300-208 SISAS – What Is Cisco ISE?

December 12, 2015December 12, 2015 Brett

Reading Time: 3 minutes In my earlier post about the Cisco 300-208 SISAS (Implementing Cisco Secure Access Solutions) exam, I gave a brief overview of the exam and listed the exam topics as laid out by the Cisco Learning Community. Â However, I felt thatÂ theseÂ largely boil down to a few key conceptsÂ related toÂ Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine): Understand what ISE is. Understand why you might use ISE in a wired or wireless network. Understand whatÂ ISE does at a protocol level. Understand how ISE interacts with

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300-208 SISAS – How to Tackle the Beast

August 19, 2015 Brett

Reading Time: 2 minutes The best way to finish something, is to begin it. Â So I decided I would beginÂ my prep for the 300-208 SISAS (Implementing Cisco Secure Access Solutions) exam, by laying out my personalÂ study plan against the exam topics, found here on the Cisco Learning Community. The exam topics are broken into five broad categories, and Cisco also gives aÂ general indication of what percentage of the exam is on each topic: 1.0 Identity Management/Secure Access -Â 33% 2.0 Threat Defense – 10% 3.0

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CCNP Security – Halfway There

August 15, 2015August 17, 2015 Brett

Reading Time: < 1 minutes I am halfway towards my CCNP Security, and am finally gearing up to finish it. Â When I completed the 642-618 FIREWALL andÂ 642-648 VPN exams in the beginning of 2014, I was promptly sidetracked with the little things in life. Â (Such as moving across the country, starting a new job, and finishing my BSIT at WGU.) Â Knowing that the old CCNP Security exams had cycled out in April of 2014, I usedÂ Cisco’s CCNP SecurityÂ Migration Path toolÂ to validate that I was left

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