New Cisco Cybersecurity Specialist

Cisco Cybersecurity Specialist - IT Certification and Career Paths - Cisco Systems

This new exam certification specialist looks really interesting. I wonder what materials one could use to prepare for this. I'm guessing it would be a while before any study guide will be published.

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chanakyajupudi

Pre requisites for me are the CCENT , CCNA Security and then the Cyber Security exam !

Seems very interesting though !

brombulec

Great marketing name for the certificate

"Cybersecurity" (cisco way)

MSP-IT

I like! Hopefully it's not too heavily focused on Cisco products alone.

networker050184

Well, who else's products would it be focused on? Looking through the exam topics it has some IOS specific topics, but over all it doesn't look too tied to a single piece of equipment. It will obviously revolve around the Cisco way of doing things though.

chaser7783

I would be interested in this. I am wondering if they will work sourcefire and cognitive security into the curriculum. Having an incident response cert from a known vendor wont hurt ethier.

Zoovash

Regardless of how focused it will be on Cisco products, the knowledge gained will probably be very beneficial even if you don't work with Cisco. I can't help but think this will be a good prerequisite for anyone interested in a pentest / security analyst career.

MAC_Addy

I do believe I'm going to get this after I pass my NA:Security exam.

jmasterj206

Looks interesting. I see it has a two year recertification cycle.

networker050184

All of the specialist certs are two years unless they have changed something.

jmasterj206

Yeah networker, you are correct the Specialist certs are and always have been 2 years. I forgot.

Master Of Puppets

This could be interesting. I wonder when they are going to publish the material for it.

chanakyajupudi

I hope they publish material soon. That would be really nice.

networker050184

A lot of these exams like this never get Cisco Press books if that is what you mean by material. There is already a course for this so I'm sure there is already official material. I wouldn't hold my breath for a dedicated book though.

RouteMyPacket

MAC_Addy wrote: »

I do believe I'm going to get this after I pass my NA:Security exam.

Why? What does a "specialist" cert do for you? These are generally picked up and discarded while going for the real goal (CCNP).

Even if this is a side "Specialist" cert, I don't see what it would bring anyone other then personal satisfaction.

networker050184

Agreed RouteMyPacket. These are usually good for nothing career wise except maybe for employees of Cisco partners who send you to the course.

docrice

Finally, a Cisco course outline that interests me.

Module 1: Course Introduction: Overview of Network Security and Operations
Module 2: Network and Security Operations Data Analysis
Module 3: Packet Analysis
Module 4: Network Log Analysis
Module 5: Baseline Network Operations
Module 6: Preparing for Security Incidents
Module 7: Detecting Security Incidents
Module 8: Investigating Security Incidents
Module 9: Reacting to an Incident
Module 10: Communicating Incidents Effectively
Module 11: Postevent Activity

But I can also imagine a good part of the class turning into a and-this-is-how-you-configure-IOS-and-ASA-to-get-this-data discussions in order to promote the Cisco brand. But hey, a course that hopefully looks beyond the appliance and dive into analysis seems like a good thing to me.

Go Cyber.

sucanushie

Thinking of taking this course in either Texas or Seattle. I just wish they offered it in Canada.

I just shifted to a role as a Security Analyst. Going to Finish my NA Security before I go to the course.

The course outline looks like it will be very interesting and in line with what I do day to day.

Mike-Mike

RouteMyPacket wrote: »

Why? What does a "specialist" cert do for you?

For me it seems interesting and it is something I can add to my list of accomplishments for the year. My employer is big on training and skill development, so I see adding certs to my profile as a potential benefit to my pay

MSP-IT

networker050184 wrote: »

Well, who else's products would it be focused on? Looking through the exam topics it has some IOS specific topics, but over all it doesn't look too tied to a single piece of equipment. It will obviously revolve around the Cisco way of doing things though.

Having recently passed the CCNA: Security exam, I can pretty much say that it did nothing for my overall security knowledge. Much of the material it went over was far too specialized. Yeah, it is a Cisco exam, but I wish it had more theory based content. It looks like they're learning though, this certification looks to be theory-based.

CCNPforSure

I kind of like the idea of the Cyber security certification. As a security guy myself I may take a detour that way just to explore the content.. I just wish the specialist certs counted for something on a regular basis.