Hi Steven
To do the full Cisco Security thing you must take 5 exams as follows and
preferably in this order
MCNS
Pix Firewall Fundamentals
Pix Firewall Advanced
Cisco Secure VPN
Cisco Intrusion Detection
The reason for this approach as I always tell my staff & students is that
the MCNS is comprehensive and gives you a great deal of material in the
other exams, especially the area of IKE, IPsec, ISAKMP etc.
Books Cisco Press
Managing Cisco Network Security
Designing Network Security
Cisco IOS 12.0 Network Security
Cisco Secure Internet Security Solutions
There is also the McGraw Hill Implementing Cisco Secure VPN's but that is so
full of holes and errors I would not bother. There is a book from cisco
Press on VPN's due late 2001 written by Andrew Mason & Terri Smith and if it
is half as good as Terri is as a VPN course instructor then it will be well
worth the money.
The odd one out is CSIDS which requires a deal of Unix knowledge especially
Solaris, plus some Openview stuff.
The key to all the exams is understand fully IKE, ISAkmp and the security
process of why & how.
If you have not done CCNP or the BCRAN part of CCNPO then i wopuld recommend
you take a look at it as background to the IOS side of security.
Good luck and if you need any further specific info email me direct.
Quek, Steven wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This has been a great Cisco study site and enjoy most of it for
> the abundant
> of info that is shared
> on the discussion.
>
> Currently I am preparing for the Cisco Security Track and
> seeking some
> advise.
> I had been to Cisco site and there seems to have 4 exams to
> pass:
>
> 1) MCNS
> 2) Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced (CSPFA)
> 3) Cisco Secure Intrusion Detention System (CSIDS)
> 4) Cisco Secure VPN (CSVPN)
>
> Question is that must I pass the above exams? Need some
> confirmation on this
>
> Next I would appreciate greatly if anyone can recommend me the
> books to read
> up for each of
> the exam.
>
> Thank you very much & have a nice day.
>
> With regards
> Steven Quek
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