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Introduction: All About the Cisco Certified Security Professional Certification

The Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) certification is the newest midlevel certification from Cisco Systems. This certification is on par with the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and the Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP). The aim of this certification is to provide professional-level recognition to network engineers in the design and implementation of Cisco secure networks.

This certification provides validation of knowledge and skills in key areas of security, including firewalls, intrusion detection, virtual private networks, identity, and security management.

To achieve the CCSP certification, you must pass a set of five exams. Each exam covers a different topic in securing networks with Cisco equipment:

• Configuring perimeter routers

• Configuring Cisco routers with the Firewall Feature Set

• Securing Cisco routers, firewalls, and VPNs

• Configuring Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) on Cisco devices

• Deploying and implementing Cisco intrusion detection systems

• Using the Management Console (MC) to configure and monitor Cisco routers, firewalls, VPN concentrators, and IDS

• Configuring site-to-site and remote-access VPNs using Cisco routers, firewalls, and VPN concentrators

This is not an exhaustive list of topics for the exams. For more detailed information about each specific exam and the topics covered, consult that exams web page at the Cisco website.