THE NEW CISCO 2020 CERTIFICATION MAP
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Cisco
offers globally recognized certifications for network design and architecture
professionals. There are multiple levels of Cisco certifications:
Cisco
announced a significant evolution of their certification tracks, set to release
February 24, 2020. These changes will address the needs of the modern network,
requiring both infrastructure and software expertise. This is Cisco’s biggest
change to certifications in 25 years. New recommended training courses will be
released in the coming months ahead of the new certification releases.
Summary
of Changes:
Cisco
Routing and Switching
Cisco Certified
Network Associate Routing and Switching certification demonstrates your
knowledge to deploy, maintain, secure and operate a medium-sized network using
Cisco technologies.
To earn
your CCNA Routing and Switching you can either take a single exam or two exams.
Cisco®
Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Part 1 v3.0 (ICND1)
&
Cisco®
Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Part 2 v3.0 (ICND2)
OR
Cisco®
Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Accelerated v3.0 (CCNAX)
200-125 CCNA® v3.0
100-105 ICND1 v3.0
200-105 ICND2 v3.0
Cisco
Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco® Implementing Cisco®
IP Routing v2.0 (ROUTE)
Cisco® Implementing Cisco®
Switched Networks v2.0 (SWITCH)
Cisco® Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco® IP Networks v2.0 (TSHOOT)
CCNP Changes
Most CCNP certifications will also be
retiring. Right now, networking professionals start a specialization track at
the CCNA level. For example, CCNA Security leads to CCNP Security. However,
after February 24, 2020, the one CCNA exam (200-301 CCNA) will cover networking
basics and then you specialize at the CCNP level. You will be required to pass
2 exams: a core exam and one concentration exam. Here’s the complete list of
the new CCNPs: