For those of you in the networking world (or looking to get into it), Cisco is making some changes to their professional level security track. The CCSP exams will be changing over to the CCNP:Security. Personally I think this is a good refresh for this track as it has long been plauged as a hard track to follow with no real resources available. With the change over Cisco will be releasing official books for each exam in the new track as opposed to leaving it up to us to hunt down the appropriate resources. There is also a new focus on the exams to shift away from products like Cisco CNAC and Cisco MARS. It's not clear if these products will go end of life soon or not, but focusing on more core security aspects seems like a good way to go.
The new exams for the CCNP:Security track are as follows:
- 642-637 SECURE
- 642-617 FIREWALL
- 642-647 VPN
- 642-627 IPS
Thse four exams will be required to obtain the new CCNP:Security certification. Along with the new exams the following books are being released as well:
- Secure Quick Reference (eBook) - Coming January 2011
- Secure Official Certification Guide - Coming Feburary 2011
- Firewall Quick Reference (eBook) - Coming January 2011
- Firewall Official Certification Guide - Coming March 2011
- VPN Quick Reference (eBook) - Coming January 2011
- VPN Official Certification Guide - Coming January 2011
- IPS Quick Reference (eBook) - Coming January 2011
- IPS Official Certification Guide - Coming March 2011
I've been waiting for a refesh on this track for a long time so it will be good to start hitting the books as they come out. Hopefully others will take on this new track as well.
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