The Broadcast Storm, with Kevin Wallace, CCIEx2 #7945 Emeritus

What's better to have for your career, a college degree or a higher-level certification? That's a debate that's raged on for years. In this podcast episode, I share my perspective.

For more Cisco career advice, help yourself to my free book, Your Route to Cisco Career Success:

http://kwtrain.com/success

This podcast episode introduces you to the Cyber Security concept of the Intrusion Kill Chain, which contains the following seven steps:

1. Reconnaissance
2. Weaponization
3. Delivery
4. Exploitation
5. Installation
6. Command and Control
7. Actions on Objective

CCNA Cyber Ops Complete Video Course Library:

http://kwtrain.com/cybercourse

CCNA Cyber Ops Official Cert Guide Library:

http://kwtrain.com/cyberbooks

A common question I get, is how I would begin a career, if I had it to do all over again. Interestingly, the answer I give today isn't the answer I would have given just a couple of years ago.

In this podcast episode, I walk you through the decisions I would make today, and why.

Here are links to the video training programs mentioned in this episode:

• CCNA R/S Complete Video Course: http://kwtrain.com/ccnacourse
• Fundamentals of Network Programmability: http://kwtrain.com/fnpvideo
• CCNP R/S Complete Video Course: http://kwtrain.com/ccnpcourse

For most of 2017, I've been studying Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Programming. One of the biggest challenges I had was tying together all of the multiple topics. To simplify these concepts for you, I created what I call my Network Programmability Framework (which is a variant of a Venn diagram).

In this podcast episode, I'll walk you through this diagram. However, it might be helpful to have it printed out ahead of time. So, you can download a .PDF of the Network Programmability Framework by visiting: http://bit.ly/netprogframe

Also, here are a couple of additional links mentioned in this podcast episode:

• Fundamentals of Network Programmability Video Training Course: http://kwtrain.com/fnpvideo

• SDN Free Mini-Course: http://kwtrain.com/sdn

Cisco recently introduced a new certification, the CCNA Cyber Ops certification. This new certification helps prepare people for the upcoming drought of cybersecurity professionals. It's estimated that in 2019, there will be 6 million jobs in cybersecurity, with 1.5 million of those jobs unfilled.

• CCNA Cyber Ops Official Cert Guide Library

• FREE CCNA R/S (200-125) Practice Exam Download

In this podcast episode, I reflect on three of the biggest mistakes I've made in my career, in an effort to help you avoid similar missteps.

When writing this post, I was surprised at the old memories and emotions that surfaced.

Hopefully though, my transparency in describing these failures will serve you the listener.

Click HERE to Learn More About the Diver Down - Routing and Switching Membership Program.

Cisco recently introduced the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series switches. One unique feature of these switches is their ability to support containers. This podcast episode introduces you to the concept of containers and discusses how they can be more efficient than virtual machines.

Links:

Docker: docker.com

Diver Down - Routing and Switching: kwtrain.com/dd

In this episode of The Broadcast Storm, we discuss a new technology Cisco recently released that allows traffic to be scanned for malicious content, even if that traffic is encrypted. It's a feature called Encrypted Traffic Analysis (ETA), and in this episode, you'll learn the basics of how it works.

Click HERE to watch Kevin's new video discussing the 3 reasons IT professionals struggle in their career.

In this podcast episode, you'll learn the "Big 3" topics on which you need to spend a disproportionate amount of study time on when preparing for your CCNA R&S exam (200-120).

Links:

• Exam Topics

• CCNA R&S (200-125) Complete Video Course

• FREE 200-125 Practice Exam

• Kevin's Routing and Switching YouTube Playlist

In this podcast episode, you'll learn the theory behind number globalization and localization on a Cisco Unified Communications Manager server. This is an overview of the topic I'll be presenting on June 29, 2017 at Cisco Live US.

Click HERE to see the session in the CLUS 17 Scheduler.