Tag: CCIE Security
Looking to get a better picture of the Security Portfolio from Cisco I thought it will be a good idea to have a document handy. I know that this list may be obsolete at some point but will help illustrate what I’m trying to achieve today :) It is a reality that Security is right now the main focus of any company out there, if not and you are asking yourself why? then you should be worried.
There is a constant evolution of security technologies and also Security threats, which makes the need for additional and enhanced visibility of the network. Cisco keeps on improving its Security portfolio, and this time I’m looking more closely at the Cisco Identity Services Engine. At a first glance, to me it looked like just an 802.1x solution with very complicated features. I decided that I wanted to get more involved, and I have been working with the product for the last month in a more serious note this time, trying to understand the product I decided to make a list with important Features that are packed into the solution
Last week I had the pleasure to attend a Fire Jumper Achievement classes, and it was a great eye opener for me. Security products have changed and evolved tremendously over the past few years, this evolution is due to the constant changing Attack vectors users and companies experience out there in the wild. The Attack Continuum Cisco has a good strategy to address Security threats into different phases that could be possible in an attack. Understanding that there is not one “Perfect Solution” is part of the play. They do a great job to explain the different aspects of a security attack by breaking it down into 3 phases: Before, During and After. I also think that Cisco understands that there are very advanced and sophisticated attacks, which can bypass IPS systems, Firewall Rules and other security measures you may have at the edge, along with the security that you can deploy at the core of your infrastructure, on services such as DNS, Web and Email traffic among others.
A nice email with this information may have gotten to your Mailbox today. The email opens up a new methodology called agile, wich will be used going forward. What do these changes mean? For what I read so far and what I have been able to research, means that there will be minor revisions every year, these revisions will bring at least 20% of changes with what you are being asked in the test. Also, there will be major changes to blueprints and actual exams every 3 to 5 years, such changes should reflect between a 50% to an 80%
I read this one the other day and posted it in my Facebook account. But I really wanted to dig deep into it and learn more about it. Here are some highlights from Cisco’s latest publication on this one and on their Security program. New Certification CCNA Cyber Ops Cisco introduces its new CCNA Cyber Security Ops certification, more information in the following link: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/associate/ccna-cyber-ops.html A deeper look into requirements and the blue print of the exam(s) can be found on the Cisco’s training website, but I wanted to save you time and list the exam topics and the % on each one of the topics:
