The musings of an IT Consultant » self-study guide http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant Wed, 01 May 2013 01:19:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Preparing for the ISCW http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/preparing-for-the-iscw/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/preparing-for-the-iscw/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:28:01 +0000 Raj Perumal http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/?p=312 Hello again folks! So this time I’m getting ready to write my 3rd exam in the CCNP series of exams. The next exam is called the ISCW ( Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks).  This is exam # 642-825.

The ISCW exam material seems to be smaller to me. I’ve also heard it is easier than the BSCI and the BCMSN. It covers topics such as

  • Basic configurations for Cisco routers when you’re configuring them in a teleworker scenario such as with DSL or Cable Internet.
  • IPSec VPN
  • MPLS
  • Mitigation of Common Network attacks
  • IOS Firewall
  • IPS
  • Hardening of Cisco Devices

Now that does sound like a lot of material but it shouldn’t be too bad considering how crazy the BSCI exam was. I figure if I wrote the BSCI successfully the rest should be comparitively easier (not easy, but just in comparison). So since I was so successful with the last two, I’m not going to abandon my strategy. A combination of the learning from my boot camp combined with the Cisco self-study guide, more lab time and the Bryant’s Advantage study guide should allow me to pass the exam.

-RP

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