CCNA Security 640-554 Official Cert Guide

by Keith Barker, Scott Morris, Kevin Wallace

Trust the best selling Official Cert Guide series from Cisco Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for exam success. They are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam. CCNA Security 640-554 Official Cert Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. · Master Cisco CCNA Security 640-554 exam topics · Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes · Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks · Practice with realistic exam questions on the CD-ROM CCNA Security 640-554 Official Cert Guide , focuses specifically on the objectives for the Cisco CCNA Security IINS exam. Expert networking professionals Keith Barker and Scott Morris share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics. The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most. The CD also contains 90 minutes of video training on CCP, NAT, object groups, ACLs, port security on a Layer 2 switch, CP3L, and zone-based firewalls. Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time. The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNA Security IINS exam, CCNA Security 640-554 Official Cert Guide is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining. The print edition of the CCNA Security 640-554 Official Cert Guide contains 90 minutes of video instruction, two free, complete practice exams as well as an exclusive offer for 70% off Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test. Pearson IT Certification Practice Test minimum system requirements : Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), or Windows 7; Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client; Pentium class 1GHz processor (or equivalent); 512 MB RAM; 650 MB disc space plus 50 MB for each downloaded practice exam Also available from Cisco Press for Cisco CCNA Security study is the CCNA Security 640-554 Official Cert Guide Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test . This digital-only certification preparation product combines an eBook with enhanced Pearson IT Certification Practice Test. This integrated learning · Allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams · Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions · Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions · Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most

Genres: Technology, Technical

647 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2012

Reviews

[Evan Snyder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, very well written high level overview of security. This is a very deep topic, but Keith did a great job of providing helpful details without getting lost in the weeds. Although I appreciate this as a well-executed textbook, having a CCNP Route-Switch already made much of the reading repetitive and unenlightening for me, until the VPN piece, which explains the complex and typically brushed over topic of cryptology very well.

For those of you taking the CCNA Security exam, there are a few topics on the exam not covered in enough detail here, so be sure to look at another resource about common security threats, AH/ESP, and transport/tunnel modes. When I took the exam, the only configurations involved CCP. While reviewing the ASDM/command line configurations will probably help you internalize and understand the concepts, you will not (if the test from late 2012 is any indication) have to actually implement them during the test.

[Indranil Mondal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like the Official cert guide for CCNA R&S this book also gave me a lot of questions. But it also did give me a good foundation to move forward to the CCNP Books. The Official Cert Guide CCNA book always leaves me with a lot of questions. The ones which are solved in my CCNP studies.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a tech book, it's pretty good. Lots of good info and Keith Barker is one of the better guys to learn from. He is the class with Jeremy Cioara. I definitely feel like I have a better understanding of Cisco's look at security.

[Brian Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well written guide with lots of good information and examples.