CISCO Systems Security Certification

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Cisco Security Certifications
Cisco Systems also sponsors a line of IT Professional certifications for Cisco products. There are five levels of certification: Entry (CCENT), Associate (CCNA / CCDA), Professional (CCNP / CCDP), Expert (CCIE / CCDE), and recently Architect, as well as eight different paths, Routing & Switching, Design, Network Security, Service Provider, Service Provider Operations, Storage Networking, Voice, and Wireless.
A number of specialist technician, sales and datacenter certifications are also available. Cisco also provides training for these certifications via a portal called the Cisco Networking Academy. Qualifying schools can become members of the Cisco Networking Academy and then provide CCNA level or other level courses. Cisco Academy Instructors must be CCNA certified to be a CCAI certified instructor.

CCNA Security

CCNA Security validates knowledge of security infrastructure, threats, and vulnerabilities to networks and threat mitigation. Required skills include installation, troubleshooting and monitoring of network devices to maintain the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data and devices. This certification is earned by passing the IINS 640-553 (Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security, or IINS) exam. The last day to enroll in the IINS 640-553 exam was September 30th, 2012, and has since been replaced by the IINS 640-554 exam (IINS v2.0), which is now the required exam to earn the certification and for continuing the security certification path to the CCNP.

CCNP Security

The CCNP Security certification program is aligned to the job role of the Cisco Network Security Engineer, responsible for security in routers, switches, networking devices, and appliances, as well as choosing, deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting firewalls, VPNS, and IDS/IPS solutions for their networking environments. The CCNP Security certification requires CCNA Security or any CCIE Certification.

CCNP Security exams and recommended training
642-637 SECURE v1.0 Secure v1.0 Securing Networks with Cisco Routers and Switches (SECURE v1.0)
642-618 FIREWALL v2.0 Deploying Cisco ASA Firewall Solutions (FIREWALL v2.0)
642-648 VPN v2.0 Deploying Cisco ASA VPN Solutions (VPN v2.0)
642-627 IPS v7.0 Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System v7.0 - (IPS v7.0)

CCIE Security

The Security track covers advanced topics in subjects such as ASA, IDS, IOS security, and many others.

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