Cisco certifications
Cisco Career Certifications are IT professional certifications for Cisco products. The tests are administered by Pearson VUE (Prometric previously administered the test; but as of 1 Aug 2007, no longer does). There are five levels of certification: Entry, Associate, Professional, Expert, as well as additional Specialist certifications. All five certification paths have concentrations in seven areas of study Routing & Switching, Design, Network Security, Service Provider, Storage, Networking and Voice.
Entry
CCENT: Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician
Associate
CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate (Retired November 6, 2007) Replaced by: CCNA Security: Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security CCNA Voice: Implementing Cisco IOS Unified Communications CCNA Service ProviderImplementing Cisco IOS for Service Providers CCNA Storage Networking Implementing Cisco IOS for Data Storage CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate
Professional
CCNA Wireless: Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials CCNP: Cisco Certified Network Professional CCDP: Cisco Certified Design Professional CCIP: Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional CCSP: Cisco Certified Security Professional CCVP: Cisco Certified Voice Professional
Expert
CCIE Routing & Switching: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert with a concentration in Routing & Switching CCIE Storage Networking: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert with a concentration in Storage Networking CCIE Security: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert with a concentration in Security CCIE Service Provider: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert with a concentration as a Service Provider CCIE Voice: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert with a concentration in Voice CCDE: Cisco Certified Design Expert