Cisco Certification

General Certifications and Focused Certifications

General Certifications: Three Levels of Certification

Associate. The first step in Cisco networking begins at the Associate level. Think of this as the apprentice or foundation level of networking certification.

Professional. This is the advanced or journeyman level of certification.

Expert. This is CCIE, the highest level of achievement for network professionals, certifying an individual as an expert or master.

General Certifications: Six Different Paths

Routing and Switching: This path is for professionals who install and support Cisco technology-based networks in which LAN and WAN routers and switches reside.
Design: This path is aimed at professionals who design Cisco technology-based networks in which LAN and WAN routers and switches reside.
Network Security: This path is directed toward network professionals who design and implement Cisco Secure networks.
Service Provider: This path is aimed at professionals working with infrastructure or access solutions in a Cisco end-to-end environment primarily within the telecommunications arena.
Storage Networking: This path is for professionals who implement storage solutions over extended network infrastructure using multiple transport options.
Voice: This path is directed toward network professionals who install and maintain Voice solutions over IP networks.

Focused Certifications: Cisco Qualified Specialist

A variety of Cisco Qualified Specialist focused certifications are available to show knowledge in specific technologies, solutions, or job role. New certifications are added to this list regularly.

General Certifications

Preparing for certification

EC “Networking Technologies"®performs training for such certification exams:
640-801 CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Exam (Course NT-CCNA)
(or 640-821 INTRO Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies Exam
and 640-811 ICND Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Exam)
642-801 BSCI Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks Exam (Course NT-BSCI)
642-501 SECUR Securing Cisco IOS Networks (Course NT-CiscoSec)
642-521 CSPFA Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Exam (Course NT-PIX)

EC “Networking Technologies”™ is a Person VUE Authorized Center. We offer you to take the above-listed exams at testing center or take Cisco courses (training programs are developed by EC “Networking Technologies”™)

Test Programs delivered through Pearson VUE:

Adobe
ADP
Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)
Association of Professionals in Business Management (APBM)
Avaya Inc.
BindView
BMC Software
Brocade
Business Objects
Check Point Software Technologies
Cisco Systems
CIW
CompTIA
Dassault Systиmes / CATIA
IBM/Lotus/Tivoli
EXIN
GMAT
Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
Macromedia
MatrixOne
Microsoft
Microsoft Business Solutions
MySQL
National Instruments (NI)
Novell
PostgreSQL CE (SRA)
PRMIA
Radware
RSA Security
Siebel Systems
Siemens
Sun Microsystems - SAI
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
VERITAS
VMware
Zend Technologies