Cisco updates CCIE, CCNA certifications: What you need to know

This week Cisco announced some changes in their certifications CCIE Data Center CCNA Security and prepare professionals changing IT landscape.

One way to measure the value of an engineer is by the number of certifications it has. In networks, the gold standard has always been Cisco Certifications. The company has a wide range of certifications, ranging from entry-level Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and culminating with the elusive but valuable Cisco Internetwork Certified Expert (CCIE). 

CCIEs perception is so high that the term has become part of a network vernacular. In describing the difficult challenges of the network, it is common to say that a particularly complex issue was so complicated that "even a CCIEs team could not solve."

One of the reasons why the certifications were so valuable for so long is that Cisco has done a great job changing programs that times are changing. This week, Cisco announced major changes in their certifications CCIE Data Center CCNA Security and so they are in line with the digital age.

Changes in the framework must ensure that the CCIE certification is aligned with the changing role of IT and the ability of an engineer to produce business results. The technical aspects of the CCIE continue to live, but Cisco is trying to raise the bar for those who are certified with being a leader in the IT industry.

The news this week focuses on the changes in the CCIE Data Center, but in practice Cisco examines the magazine through its level expert CCIE and certifications Cisco Certified Expert Design (CCRC) to ensure that people with these titles can have conversations about significant new technical areas that are causing organizations to rethink their business strategies.

The program updates include a new way to evaluate individuals to ensure that certified individuals have knowledge and work skills in many emerging areas, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), the programmability network, cloud and enterprise transformation. In addition, no problem written and lab exams for candidates to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the review will be unified field.

As with Cisco certifications announced they are changing, CCIE Data Center Version 2.0 requires advanced skills-based data center solutions needed to design, implement and solve modern problems of aujourd data center ' hui.

This includes skills-based end to end management of environment, infrastructure, rule-based, advanced virtualization, automation and orchestration. Cisco has also added a requirement for skills development in the IO, defined by software (SDN), the cloud, and their impact on architectures and deployment models of networks.

The new CCNA Security builds necessary to implement a secure infrastructure, implement security controls and enforce address capacity problems with security policies. One of the main changes in the CCNA refreshed is now at the center of network security is extended to a wider field of information security throughout. 

Exam topics now includes new technologies, but critics such as 802.11x, ISE, BYOD, Web security, firepower, FireSight, cloud, virtualization and protection against malware peak.

Scanning is changing business, creating the need for new jobs, most of which exist a few years. It is essential that professionals have with current technologies, or see their career going on the way to the CPU and manage voice manager. Cisco changes to its certification program ensures that the quarry certified professionals are aligned with the scanning direction.