What is CCNP Security Exam?

CCNP Security Certification:

The Cisco Certified Network Professional Security or the CCNP Security for short is the certification program aligned specifically for the job role of the Cisco Network Security Engineer who are responsible for Security in the Routers, Switches, Networking devices and appliances, as well as the choosing, deploying, supporting and troubleshooting Firewalls, VPNs, and IDS/IPS solutions for their networking environments.

Update Announcement:

A new update was announced on the 28th February 2012, CISCO Systems announced a major update to the Cisco CCNP Security certification. The goal is to deliver job-ready training designed to provide you with the most up-to-date information on new security products and also the best practices to meet the evolving threats and compliance requirements. There are new topics to be covered which are included in the updated training it will include the Cisco ASA adaptive security appliance version 8.3 as well as 8.4 software. Cisco AnyConnect(TM) 3.0 and the traditional EtherChannel, and IPsec clients and the latest firewall features.

CCNP Security courses and exams also have been updated to include the 642-648 as well as Deploying Cisco ASA VPN Solutions (VPN v2.0) and the 642-618 Deploying Cisco ASA Firewall Solutions (FIREWALL v2.0).

Certification Prerequisite:

The Cisco Certified Network Associate Security or the CCNA Security or Cisco Certified Security Professional or the CCSP for short and Cisco Certified Network Associate or CCNA, plus Securing Cisco Network Devices or the SND exam pass Also if there will be an experience and knowledge of about more 2 to 4 years.

What after CCNP Security?

The Typical Job Titles that you could opt for the Certification Holders are mentioned below:

·        Network Engineer, IT

·        Security Engineer/Network Security Engineer

·        Network Security Solutions Engineer or SME.

Certain Typical Job Tasks which are included in the CCNP Security professionals, which they are going to provide you and maintain security for Cisco Router and Switch-based networks, deploy security solutions, develop perimeter solutions, provide operational support for Cisco network systems, and plan for and mitigate network security risk.

Salary Expectation:

After the completion of the certification program of CCNP Security, a candidate can make money by gaining the superior job titles which could score them around $44,478 to 105,311 per Payscale.com

Recertification

The Cisco professional level certifications which include the CCDP, CCNP, CCIP, CCNP SP Operations, CCNP Security, CCNP Wireless, and CCNP Voice have a validity of three years. In order to gain your certification again i.e. in order to recertify again then, all you need to do is to pass any one of the following before the certification of your expiration date:

·        Passing any current 642-XXX Professional level exam, or

·        Passing any current CCIE Written Exam,

         OR any certification of CCIE can work as a pre-requisite, or

·        Passing the current CCDE Written Exam OR current CCDE Practical Exam, or

·        Passing the Cisco Certified Architect AND (CCAr) interview

·        Achieving or recertifying any of the following certifications that are mentioned above will automatically extend the current certification of yours, whether it is Associate Level or Professional level certification up to the point where the expiration of the last certification was achieved.

What after CCNP Security?

After you have successfully completed both the certification of the CCNP Security, i.e. the written and the lab exam, you could move on the next level of certification and i.e. the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Security or in short you could say the CCIE Security. Don’t worry! SPOTO CCIE Club has all the dumps related to the CCIE Exams. Just study hard form the valuable study dumps and you could again clear your certification, just like you have done in CCNP Security.