Here’s the study schedule I have laid out to track weekly hours, goals, and the total hours I have to work with before my first attempt at the lab beginning on May 15th, 2022. I tried to develop a weekly hours goal that felt realistic given work and family obligations, but also aggressive enough that it won’t take me years before I feel like I am ready to sit the lab exam. The “accounting” tab will get updated weekly with study attendance, actual hours, and high-level notes. The “Progress” tab will get updated periodically with self-assessment of mastery of the blueprint topics.

I am basing my study plan, at this point, on the CCIE Security v6 Blueprint and the Learning Matrix published by Cisco. Offline I will also be using Network Wizkid’s excellent topic tracker (components of this are used on the Progress tab) which you can find and download from his site here.