The Prerequisites for the 640-554 cert is slightly unclear...

Hey guys, quick question, I was just reading the prerequisites for the 640-544 on the Cisco site which says "Any valid Cisco CCENT, CCNA Routing and Switching, or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite" the comma after the CCENT is a bit unclear to me... are they saying you need your CCENT AND the CCNA or do they mean CCENT OR CCNA... I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question lol thank you guys in advance

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Master Of Puppets

It required CCNA up until now but since Cisco revised their certification track, the CCENT is enough. They beefed it up quite a lot compared to the old CCENT

The idea is that you do not need CCNA R:S, you can bang out CCENT and head directly towards CCNA:S.

Deemeetri

Dude that's awesome!!! but wait isn't the change going through in September or November of this year? or is the change i'm thinking of they are just changing the CCENT and CCNA exams in Sep or Nov...

Master Of Puppets

In September they are going to retire the current versions of the exams or in other words you won't be able to take the old CCENT and CCNA thus only the new versions will be available. This is so that people who are preparing at the moment have some time to finish their preparation and take the exam instead of having to start all over again on new material. Also, the material isn't that different, they just added some things, nothing shocking as the fundamentals are the same.Nobody reinvented networks

Deemeetri

hahaha very true

but the fact still remains right? If I pass the CCENT tomorrow hypothetically speaking I can go and get the CCNA security the next day correct? and that's not going to change anytime soon?

Master Of Puppets

Correct. The current version of CCNA Security is 640-554 like you said which is quite new - 553 was retired in September 2012. As a result it will not go away anytime soon. What will surely undergo changes is the CCNP. We don't know when it will happen, whether in a year or two but it is coming, in my opinion.

Deemeetri

Thank you for the info man

ajmatson

Yes, I just took the 554 exam last week with only having the CCENT and I received the CCNA Security Certification

Deemeetri

That's great aj!! congrats man! how long did it take you? it's only one exam right?

steelodon

I would to go after this as well. How did it take to prepare?

Master Of Puppets

Deemeetri wrote: »

That's great aj!! congrats man! how long did it take you? it's only one exam right?

Yes, CCNA Security is one exam. For preparation, I liked the ocg but what helped me more was the Cisco Networking Academy. As far as the preparation time is concerned, it depends on how much experience you have and how new to the technologies you are.