CCSP Certification Program

CCSP Certification Program

The Cisco Certified Security Professional is a brand-new CCNP-level certification track being driven by the rapidly changing and growing world concern about security. For that reason there have been and will continue to be a great number of changes and additions to the program. There have been three major changes in the program in its first year. At the same time, some of the security products have gone through major upgrades, adding many new and useful features.

What this means to you is that it is very important to keep on top of the current exam numbers and exam objectives. Use the Cisco web site at www.cisco.com and the Learning and Events link to get to the latest certification information. The direct link is: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/le3/learning_career_certifications_and_learning_paths_home.html.

In developing this book, we tried to include the information that is required to pass the various certification exams while at the same time anticipating any new topics that might become exam objectives in the near future.

Because the book covers all five exams, much of the security overview information that appears at the beginning of every book has been consolidated into Chapter 1. Other exam sections may use topics covered in the SECUR exam as foundation. The following table shows the relationships between the exams and chapters. The X indicates the material should be included, while an R is recommended.