Welcome to the future!
Cisco announced the long-awaited update to version 5.0 of the CCIE Security written and lab exams, effective January 31, 2017. The last day to test using version 4.1 will be January 30, and those intending to use version 4.0 of the written exam must test by July 24, 2016.
There are six domains on the new CCIE test: Perimeter Security and Intrusion Prevention; Advanced Threat Protection and Content Security; Secure Connectivity and Segmentation; Identity Management, Information Exchange, and Access Control; Infrastructure Security, Virtualization, and Automation; and Evolving Technologies. Some of the technologies tested include the following:
- Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) 6.x
- Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) 6.x
- Cisco Next Generation IPS (NGIPS) 6.x
- Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks, Endpoints, and content security (CWS, ESA, and WSA)
- AMP Private Cloud
- AMP ThreatGrid
- Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 9.x
- Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 9.x
- Cisco Cloud Web Security (CWS)
- OpenDNS
- Cisco ISE 2.x
- Cisco ACS 5.x
- Cisco APIC-EM
- ASAv, WSAv, ESAv, and NGIPSv
EasyVPN and legacy IPS are no longer on the blueprint.
