Hey folks, I recently passed my CCNA and just Now I’m kinda stuck on what to do next, so I figured I’d ask for some advice. I’m in my 3rd year studying cybersecurity, have the CCNA done, and I’ve applied to a few internships but no responses yet.

I was planning to go for a firewall cert next, but I found out PCNSA got retired, so now I’m not sure whether to go for Fortinet NSE 4 or whatever the new Palo Alto replacement is. I also saw something about the SASE Expert Level 2 track but I’m not sure if that’s too much for where I’m at. I might do Blue Team Level 1 later too, but I’m open to suggestions.

Basically just trying to figure out the best next step after CCNA. Any advice would help

CCNA - firewall cert - btl1-cloud certs (this is just a rough sketch in my mind and yes definitely job and internships come in the middle just not know when as I still have my uni untill may 2027)