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Kevin Wallace
Kevin Wallace
CCIEx2 Lifetime Emeritus #7945 (Ent. Infrastructure & Collaboration)
Published Jul 21, 2023
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in January of 2023 Cisco announced the CCST Networking certification, where CCST stands for Cisco Certified Support Technician. Personally, I believe this is a great first certification for someone getting into Cisco technologies or into any area of the IT field. Also, it's a great review of fundamentals for those that have been in the IT space for a while.
If you examine Cisco's certification lineup, the CCST Networking certification is considered to be an entry-level certification. This suggests that CCST Networking is an easier pathway to your first Cisco certification as compared to most other Cisco certifications, such as the CCNA certification.
Unlike most other Cisco certifications, CCST Networking never expires, and you don't need any prior experience or training. You can start at the ground level and build from where you are.
Recently, I took the CCST Networking certification exam because I was developing a CCST Networking course, and I thought you might enjoy a review of that exam.
Throughout this review, I'm going to be very careful not to break any non-disclosure agreements. The information I'm sharing is either my opinion or information that Cisco or the testing provider has made publicly available.Specifically in this review, I’ll comment on this exam in a variety of categories. Let's dive in:
So overall, I'm a big fan of the CCST Networking exam, and I think it's great for those just getting into the industry and for seasoned professionals to go back and revisit the fundamentals.
Hopefully, this exam will help many more IT professionals enter the world of Cisco certifications. To help with that, recently completed my CCST Networking – Video Training Series. This self-paced training series contains 118 videos. Also, I kept the content concise and tight, so the runtime comes in at a little over nine and a half hours. This course gives you 14 quizzes, which can be taken using an online graded exam engine that gives you a score. Also, you can download each of the 14 quizzes as PDFs, which contain detailed explanations as to why the correct answer is correct.
If you’d like to check out my brand new course, there are two options:
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You can purchase the course for less than $20 on Udemy by clicking HERE.
Or you can access the course, along with 25 other courses in our library, by joining our All-Access Pass, which costs just $29 per month. You can get more information about that by clicking HERE.
Whatever your decision, I’d love to hear what you think of this new CCST Networking certification.
Take good care,
Kevin Wallace, CCIEx2 #7945 Lifetime Emeritus (Enterprise Infrastructure and Collaboration)
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Thamsanqa Manana
Passionate about Information Technology, Networking, and Cloud Technology | Dedicated to Driving Innovation and Connectivity | Aspiring Systems Support Associate| South Africa 🇿🇦
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Hi Kevin, I bought your course on Udemy last year November, and now ready to take an exam, is the exam available to South Africa
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Steven Roy
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Today i passed my ccna exam with pass4surexams.com . Pass4surexams provide 100% valid exam questions
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Mercedes Hohenberger
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Stevan Morganstein
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Kevin. Will taking your course for CCST Networking on UDEMY provide the required information to pass the certification exam as the only study aid?
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overall how much of the CCST Exam Covers Subnetting?
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