Cisco Entry-level certifications:
The Cisco Certified Technician (CCT) Field Technician (800-150 FLDTEC) exam is designed for IT professionals who provide on-site support and maintenance for Cisco products.
The CCST Cybersecurity exam (100-160) introduces core cybersecurity concepts, threat detection, and basic security practices.
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Provides essentials of networking, including protocols, infrastructure, and troubleshooting.
The Cisco Certified Support Technician IT Support exam tests an entry-level candidate’s foundational knowledge and skills related to IT support tasks, including queue and time management, documentation, troubleshooting, assisting end users, managing computer components, and identifying security threats.
Cisco Associate-level certifications:
Covers foundational networking skills, including IP connectivity, network access, security basics, and automation for modern networks.
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Focuses on cybersecurity operations, including threat analysis, incident response, and monitoring using Cisco security tools.
Teaches software development and automation skills for Cisco platforms, emphasizing APIs, programming, and network programmability.
Cisco Professional-level certifications:
Focuses on core enterprise networking, including dual-stack architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, security, network assurance, and automation.
Focuses on advanced enterprise routing and services, including Layer 3 technologies, VPN services, infrastructure security, infrastructure services, and automation.
Focuses on Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solutions, including architecture, controller and WAN Edge deployment, policies, security, QoS, multicast, and management.
Focuses on enterprise network design, including advanced addressing and routing solutions, campus networks, WAN, security services, network services, and SD-Access.
Focuses on enterprise network automation and programmability, including device-level and controller-based automation, Python, APIs, tools like Ansible, and platforms such as IOS XE, Catalyst Center, and SD-WAN.
Focuses on designing and implementing secure cloud connectivity, including architecture models, IPsec, SD-WAN, operations, and design for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Focuses on enterprise network assurance, including platforms and architecture, data collection, analysis, insights, and alerts using tools like ThousandEyes and Catalyst Center.
Focuses on core security technologies, including network security, cloud security, content security, endpoint protection and detection, secure network access, visibility, and enforcement.
Focuses on Cisco Secure Firewall and Firewall Management Center, including policy configurations, deployments, integrations, management, and troubleshooting.
Focuses on Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), including architecture and deployment, policy enforcement, Web Auth and guest services, profiler, BYOD, endpoint compliance, and network access device administration.
Focuses on designing and implementing secure cloud access, including zero-trust frameworks, identity management, SSE/ZTNA policies, user and device security, and cloud operations.
Focuses on security architecture design, including secure infrastructure, applications, risk, events, requirements, artificial intelligence, automation, and DevSecOps.
Focuses on core collaboration technologies, including infrastructure and design, protocols and endpoints, Cisco IOS XE gateways and media resources, call control, QoS, and collaboration applications.
Focuses on advanced call control and mobility services, including signaling and media protocols, session border controllers, voice gateways, dial planning, UCM call control, and mobility features.
Focuses on collaboration cloud and hybrid technologies, including suite and device configuration, cloud management, administration, security, and APIs/programmability.
Focuses on Webex Contact Center and cloud customer experience, including telephony and call routing, tenant configuration and reporting, digital channels, advanced features, and AI.
Focuses on core data center technologies, including network, compute, storage network, automation, and security.
Focuses on data center infrastructure design, including network, compute, storage network, and automation (for traditional and AI workloads).
Focuses on troubleshooting data center infrastructure, including network, compute platforms, storage network, automation, management, and operations.
Focuses on Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), including fabric infrastructure, packet forwarding, external connectivity, integrations, and management.
Focuses on designing, implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting AI infrastructure in the data center, including network, compute, storage, and orchestration solutions.
Focuses on advanced service provider networking, including core routing, edge services, and MPLS.
Emphasizes advanced software development, automation, and programmability for Cisco infrastructure.
Provides advanced cybersecurity operations skills, including threat hunting, incident response, and forensic analysis.