Practice Configurations

The CCNA Security exam includes an emphasis on practical knowledge. You need to be familiar with switch features and the order in which configuration steps should be implemented. You also need to know how to plan a LAN switching project and how to verify your results.

This means that hands-on experience is going to take you over the edge to confidently and accurately build or verify configurations (and pass the exam). If at all possible, you should try to gain access to some Cisco Catalyst switches, Cisco IOS routers, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA), Cisco Access Control Servers (ACS), and Cisco Identity Services Engines (ISE) and spend some time working with their security-related features.

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