You have the opportunity to pursue various Cisco certifications, from CCNA® to CCIE®. Learn about the different certification options, the requirements for each, and the self-study resources Cisco Press provides to help you attain exam success and master the technology.
Certification Levels
Cisco offers three levels of general certification: Associate, Professional, and Expert. Additionally, a variety of specialist certifications are available to show knowledge in specific technologies and solutions.
Associate: CCENT || CCNA || CCNA Concentrations || CCDA
Professional: CCNP || CCDP || CCIP || CCNP Security/CCSP || CCNP Voice/CCVP || CCNP Wireless
Expert: CCDE || CCIE
Specialist Certifications
Cisco Press Certification Self-Study books and software are part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.
The Cisco Learning Network is an online community for Cisco certified customers that helps customers and partners interact, collaborate, learn, mentor peers, and prepare for certification exams via discussion forums, blogs, video interviews, wikis, and other interactive Web 2.0 technologies.
Tim Warner, host of the InformIT Certification Reference Guide, talks with Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, General Manager, Cisco Certification and Training Group, about the goals, design and content of the Cisco Learning Network.