CCNA Revised

Things are definitely afoot in the Cisco certification world, and with the economy in its current state of affairs, it is more important now than ever to attain your certification. Here we’ll demystify a couple of the Cisco certifications and help lay out a path to success.

CCNA and CCNP Certification
The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is at the apprentice level of the networking profession. This can be misleading and is discussed in more detail later in this article. There is only one exam required for the CCNA level. The newest exam for CCNA is:

• #640-607 CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate

The Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) is considered a journeyman level of skill, well above and beyond the CCNA level, and requires you to pass four more exams after the CCNA. Those exams may be taken in any order and are as follows:

• #640-604 BCMSN: Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
• #640-901 BSCI: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks
• #640-605 BCRAN: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks
• #640-606 CIT: Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting