Sorry for the lack of posts but I intend to submit the PDFs of the remaining CISSP and CEH Mind Maps as well as some other cool ones I have such as how to crack WEP with BackTrack and some other BackTrack specific Mind Maps.
Just a quick post to wish all my readers a very merry Christmas!I guess not much studying is going to get done over the festive period, let your hair down, drink, and be merry!
Get Certified For Less - US/Canada Only
Published October 11th, 2007 in Certifications, Cisco Resources and General Items. 0 CommentsWhilst surfing around, I came across GetCertify4Less. Now, these guys appear to sell VUE testing vouchers at a discount, sometimes over 50%. Some of the vouchers have expiry dates and they do appear to be legitimate. I have read reviews of people who use them with no issue.
They have exam vouchers for Cisco, Microsoft, MOS, Novell, Check Point, IC3 and HIPAA.Check them out at http://www.getcertify4less.com/ and see what you think!
Get More Things Done - Cut Out the Distractions - WebWithout.com
Published October 11th, 2007 in General Items. 1 Comment
Be sure to check out and sign up for WebWithout.com.WebWithout is a new free service that has just gone beta that provides safe Internet browsing. I have kids and I have configured this on their computers so that I can assured that what they are searching for in Google, is verified and filtered to take the nasties out. There is nothing to set up apart from making a change to your DNS servers which can be done manually or their is a Windows application that does it for you.I am also using this on my desktop right now and find it a great way to reduce the distractions so I can focus on getting things done.WebWithout offers
- 100% FREE
- Easy to set up and use
- Protect your family from inappropriate content
- Protect yourself against Phishing attacks
- Filters over 2 million web sites!
- 100% Spyware/Adware Free
- Improve your online experience
- Fantastic, easy to use service
- And if you are not happy, it is easy to remove!
Since this is free, seems a no brainer really so go ahead and give it a go.
MindCert.com on your Apple iPhone - Mind Mapping
Published September 27th, 2007 in Certifications, Cisco Resources and General Items. 1 Comment
I have just enabled iPhone support on the MindCert blog.
So, for those of you fortunate to own an iPhone, you can now browse this blog in Safari on the phone and it is perfectly formed for your iPhone.
To do this, I enabled the iPhone Plugin from Content Robot.
Works a treat and even though the browser support in iPhone is awesome, this little plugin works a treat and really improves the user experience.
Cisco Lifecycle Services Mind Map
Published September 10th, 2007 in Certifications, Cisco Resources, General Items, Mind Mapping and Mind Maps. 0 Comments
The next in my Cisco Mind Maps is the Mind Map for the Cisco Lifecycle Services. Now, this is only really applicable to those of you who work for a Cisco partner.
With the updated Cisco partner program, they have introduced the Lifecycle Services exam into each job role, for all the specializations.
I had the pleasure of sitting the Lifecycle Services exam, 646-058, for the Advanced Routing and Switching specialization last week. Happy to say I passed it, but found it quite a challenge as it is more project management based than my usual technical exams.
The Lifecycle Services are Cisco’s model for engagement with a customer right through the implementation and optimization stage. The Services Model consists of six main phases. These are:
- Prepare
- Plan
- Design
- Implement
- Operate
- Optimize
They make up the PPDIOO Model that is used throughout the Lifecycle Services Model.
Please have a look at the Mind Map and as usual, comments are welcome.
Back from the Summer
Published September 7th, 2007 in Certifications, Cisco Resources and General Items. 1 CommentWell, I am now officially back at it after a nice summer full of holidays, but no so nice British Weather.
I have been busy during the summer months. I successfully completed my training to become a Cisco Certified Academy Instructor. I am now certified to teach the Cisco CCNA class at the Cisco Networking Academy.
I am going to be taking the Cisco Network Security course at the Leeds based Cisco Network Academy from the end of September.
This is great for MindCert.com. As I am a great believer in Mind Mapping, you know that I am going to create my students loads of Mind Maps, all of which will be shared here.
I am going to upload another Cisco map this evening.
Cisco CCNA Level IP Routing
Published July 13th, 2007 in Cisco CCNA, Cisco Resources, General Items, Mind Mapping and Mind Maps. 3 Comments
Now, this is a Mind Map I have just created for something else I am doing and thought I would share it. It is quite basic and one of many more Cisco ones that will follow. Well, I am a CCIE and published author of several Cisco Press Books 
Anyway, this is right out of the Cisco CCNA level routing requirements. This is a very basic Mind Map that covers the real basics, I will be expanding all of these and aim to do a complete CCNA set of Mind Maps as I am doing for the CISSP and CEH.
Again, please let me know your comments. I do these because I like to think they are used. I love to hear who is using these and how.
Configuring Secure Shell SSH on Cisco Devices
Published July 10th, 2007 in Cisco Resources, General Items, General Security, Mind Mapping and Mind Maps. 0 Comments
I have just been configuring SSH on some Cisco Routers so I thought I would Mind Map the process as I must admit it is a while since I have done it and I needed to think about the process.
As we all know, SSH should pretty much always be used when configuring Cisco equipment. In fact, I cannot think of any reason why you would not use it on a device which has the capability to be administered with SSH.
I still find core switches that have Telnet enabled and not SSH. Plucking the authentication passwords from the wire is child’s play, even in switched networks.
So, download and read this Mind Map and use it as an aid when you have to configure SSH on Cisco Devices.
Certified Ethical Hacker - Module 5 - System Hacking Mind Map
Published July 3rd, 2007 in Certifications, Certified Ethical Hacker, General Items, Mind Mapping and Mind Maps. 3 Comments
Here is the fifth Mind Map in the Certified Ethical Hacker CEH series from MindCert.com.
This Mind Map covers System Hacking. There are nine sections to this Mind Map.
They are: Remote Password Guessing, Eavesdropping, Denial of Service, Privilege Escalation, Keystroke Loggers, Password Cracking, Covering Tracks, Remote Control, and Covering Tracks.
This is quite a large Mind Map as you can see and it covers a lot of topics. As normal, the subjects are covered and then associated tools are provided complete with links that show where to download the tools from. All of the tools are what are in the CEH syllabus and I would recomend you looking at each one of these tools in order to ensure you know what they do, and how they do it.
The CEH exam has a large focus on the tools you use so take advantage of these links and install the tools to play with. You cannot beat first hand experience.
As always, please feed back comments about the Mind Map and follow this link to download it.
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