CCIE Security
Cisco CCIE Security
Certifies expertise with specific security protocols and
components, as well as IP and IP routing.
Requirements for Certification
There are no formal prerequisites for CCIE certification. Other
professional certifications or training courses are not required.
Instead, candidates must first pass a written qualification exam
and then the corresponding hands-on lab exam. You are expected to
have an in-depth understanding of the topics in the exam blueprints
and strongly encouraged to have three to five years of job
experience before attempting certification. You can review the exam
preparation materials included on this page for more
information.
Step One: CCIE Security Written Exam
You must pass the two-hour, written qualification exam covering
networking concepts and some equipment commands before you are
eligible to schedule the lab exam.
Step Two: CCIE Security Lab Exam
The eight-hour lab exam tests your ability to get a secure
network running in a timed test situation. You must pass the lab
within three years of passing the written to achieve certification.
Your first lab attempt must be made within 18 months.
Effective June 15, 2009, the Cisco CCIE Security lab exam will
feature a new type of question format in a section called Core
Knowledge. In this new section, candidates will be asked a series
of four open-ended questions that require a short, typewritten
response (typically several words). The questions will be randomly
drawn from a pool of questions on topics currently eligible for
testing on the CCIE Security lab exam. No new topics are being
added. Candidates will have up to 30 minutes to complete the Core
Knowledge section of the exam, and may not return to the questions
later. First introduced to the CCIE Routing and Switching lab exam
in February 2009, Core Knowledge questions will eventually be added
to all CCIE tracks. The changes allow Cisco to maintain strong exam
security, and they help ensure that only qualified candidates are
awarded CCIE certification.
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