VPN Specialist

Cisco Career Certifications are IT Professional certifications for Cisco Systems products. The tests are administered by Pearson VUE. There are five levels of certification: Entry, Associate, Professional, Expert, and Architect, as well as seven different paths, Routing & Switching, Design, Network Security, Service Provider, Storage Networking, Voice, and Wireless.

Cisco security certifications focus on the growing need for knowledgeable network professionals who can implement complete security solutions. Cisco VPN Specialists can configure VPNs across shared public networks using Cisco IOS Software and Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator technologies.

Cisco VPN Specialist Recertification:

Cisco Specialist certifications are valid for two years. To recertify, take and pass the current version of the required exam(s) or pass a current CCIE written exam.

CCNA Security

642-637 Secure v1.0 Securing Networks with Cisco Routers and Switches

• Choose Cisco IOS technologies to implement HLD
• Choose Cisco products to implement HLD
• Choose Cisco IOS features to implement HLD 2
• Integrate Cisco network security solutions with other security technologies
• Create and test initial Cisco IOS configurations for new devices/services
• Optimize Cisco IOS security infrastructure device performance
• Create complex network security rules to meet the security policy requirements
• Optimize security functions, rules, and configuration
• Configure & verify NAT to dynamically mitigate identified threats to the network
• Configure & verify IOS Zone Based Firewalls including advanced application inspections and URL filtering
• Configure & verify the IPS features to identify threats and dynamically block them from entering the network
• Maintain, update and tune IPS signatures
• Configure & verify IOS VPN features
• Configure & verify Layer 2 and Layer 3 security features
• Advanced Cisco IOS security software configuration fault finding and repairing
• Advanced Cisco routers and switches hardware fault finding and repairing

642-647 VPN v1.0 Deploying Cisco ASA VPN Solutions

• Choose ASA VPN technologies to implement HLD based on given requirements
• Choose the correct ASA model and license to implement HLD based on given performance requirements
• Choose the correct ASA VPN features to implement HLD based on given corporate security policy and network requirements
• Integrate ASA VPN solutions with other security technology domains (CSD, ACS, Device managers, Cert servers, etc.)
• Optimize ASA VPN performance, functions, and configurations
• Configure and verify complex ASA VPN networks using features such as DAP, CSD, Smart tunnels, Anyconnect SSLVPN, Clientless SSLVPN, Site-to-Site VPN, RA VPN, certificates, QOS, etc. to meet security policy requirements.
• Create complex ASA network security rules using such features as ACLs, DAP, VPN profiles, certificates, MPF, etc, to meet the corporate security policy
• Perform advanced ASA VPN configuration and troubleshooting