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Old 09-Jun-2009, 11:56 AM
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Hi, I've just got the mike myers passport book for the security plus exam.... Is this an all-in-one book like the A+ one or would you guys recommend splashing out on the sybex book too to ensure I have all the objectives covered?

Really enjoying studying for this exam so far, its great to read a bit of the book then read in more depth about subject matter on the net too. Decided to put the MCDST on the back burner for a while.

I have also found that the microsoft free webcasts on security have been a real help too.

 
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Hi, I have the Sybex book and the Passport book and would say the Passport book is much better as it cuts a lot of the background reading out, which while being very interesting, won't be covered in the exam.

As a rule I always combine at least two sources when studying for an exam. For Sec+ I also have the CBT Nugget videos which are very good.

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If you want to shell out the cash, I had a coupon, the LearnLey series was very good. It's about 6hrs. on DVD.

 
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YIKES- the learnkey DVD set for this exam is 500 dollars. I think I'll get the other sybex book and take my chances Cheers for the help

 
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You could also look at material from Preplogic, they do some good stuff

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