Security Concepts

• Explain common threats against on-premises and cloud environments
• Compare common security vulnerabilities such as software bugs, weak and/or hardcoded passwords, SQL injection, missing encryption, buffer overflow, path traversal, cross-site scripting/forgery
• Describe functions of the cryptography components such as hashing, encryption, PKI, SSL, IPsec, NAT-T IPv4 for IPsec, pre-shared key and certificate based authorization
• Compare site-to-site VPN and remote access VPN deployment types such as sVTI, IPsec, Cryptomap, DMVPN, FLEXVPN including high availability considerations, and AnyConnect
• Describe security intelligence authoring, sharing, and consumption
• Explain the role of the endpoint in protecting humans from phishing and social engineering attacks
• Explain North Bound and South Bound APIs in the SDN architecture
• Explain DNAC APIs for network provisioning, optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Interpret basic Python scripts used to call Cisco Security appliances APIs

Network Security

• Compare network security solutions that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
• Describe deployment models of network security solutions and architectures that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
• Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow records
• Configure and verify network infrastructure security methods (router, switch, wireless)
• Implement segmentation, access control policies, AVC, URL filtering, and malware protection
• Implement management options for network security solutions such as intrusion prevention and perimeter security (Single vs. multidevice manager, in-band vs. out-of-band, CDP, DNS, SCP, SFTP, and DHCP security and risks)
• Configure AAA for device and network access (authentication and authorization, TACACS+, RADIUS and RADIUS flows, accounting, and dACL)
• Configure secure network management of perimeter security and infrastructure devices (secure device management, SNMPv3, views, groups, users, authentication, and encryption, secure logging, and NTP with authentication)
• Configure and verify site-to-site VPN and remote access VPN

Securing the Cloud

• Identify security solutions for cloud environments
• Compare the customer vs. provider security responsibility for the different cloud service models
• Describe the concept of DevSecOps (CI/CD pipeline, container orchestration, and security
• Implement application and data security in cloud environments
• Identify security capabilities, deployment models, and policy management to secure the cloud
• Configure cloud logging and monitoring methodologies
• Describe application and workload security concepts

Content Security

• Implement traffic redirection and capture methods
• Describe web proxy identity and authentication including transparent user identification
• Compare the components, capabilities, and benefits of local and cloud-based email and web solutions (ESA, CES, WSA)
• Configure and verify web and email security deployment methods to protect on-premises and remote users (inbound and outbound controls and policy management)
• Configure and verify email security features such as SPAM filtering, antimalware filtering, DLP, blacklisting, and email encryption
• Configure and verify secure internet gateway and web security features such as blacklisting, URL filtering, malware scanning, URL categorization, web application filtering, and TLS decryption
• Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of Cisco Umbrella
• Configure and verify web security controls on Cisco Umbrella (identities, URL content settings, destination lists, and reporting)

Endpoint Protection and Detection

• Compare Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) solutions
• Explain antimalware, retrospective security, Indication of Compromise (IOC), antivirus, dynamic file analysis, and endpoint-sourced telemetry
• Configure and verify outbreak control and quarantines to limit infection
• Describe justifications for endpoint-based security
• Describe the value of endpoint device management and asset inventory such as MDM
• Describe the uses and importance of a multifactor authentication (MFA) strategy
• Describe endpoint posture assessment solutions to ensure endpoint security
• Explain the importance of an endpoint patching strategy

Secure Network Access, Visibility, and Enforcement

• Describe identity management and secure network access concepts such as guest services, profiling, posture assessment and BYOD
• Configure and verify network access device functionality such as 802.1X, MAB, WebAuth
• Describe network access with CoA
• Describe the benefits of device compliance and application control
• Explain exfiltration techniques (DNS tunneling, HTTPS, email, FTP/SSH/SCP/SFTP, ICMP, Messenger, IRC, NTP)
• Describe the benefits of network telemetry
• Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of these security products and solutions

Site-to-site Virtual Private Networks on Routers and Firewalls

• Describe GETVPN
• Implement DMVPN (hub-and-spoke and spoke-to-spoke on both IPv4 & IPv6)
• Implement FlexVPN (hub-and-spoke on both IPv4 & IPv6) using local AAA

Remote access VPNs

• Implement AnyConnect IKEv2 VPNs on ASA and routers
• Implement AnyConnect SSLVPN on ASA and routers
• Implement Clientless SSLVPN on ASA and routers
• Implement Flex VPN on routers

Troubleshooting using ASDM and CLI

• Troubleshoot IPsec
• Troubleshoot DMVPN
• Troubleshoot FlexVPN
• Troubleshoot AnyConnect IKEv2 and SSL VPNs on ASA and routers
• Troubleshoot Clientless SSLVPN on ASA and routers

Secure Communications Architectures

• Identify functional components of GETVPN, FlexVPN, DMVPN, and IPsec for site-to-site VPN solutions
• Identify functional components of FlexVPN, IPsec, and Clientless SSL for remote access VPN solutions
• Identify VPN technology based on configuration output for site-to-site VPN solutions
• Identify VPN technology based on configuration output for remote access VPN solutions
• Identify split tunneling requirements for remote access VPN solutions
• Design site-to-site VPN solutions
• Design remote access VPN solutions
• Identify Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithms

What has changed in the new CCNP Security Certification track?

The new CCNP Security certification program prepares you for today’s professional-level job roles in security technologies. CCNP Security now includes automation and programmability to help you scale your security infrastructure.

What are the prerequisites for this new track?

There are no formal prerequisites for CCNP Security, but you should have a good understanding of the exam topics before taking the exam. CCNP candidates often also have three to five years of experience implementing security solutions.

What certifications will I have after this program?

After success on the 350-701 and 300-730 exams, you will have earned CCNP Security, Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core, and Cisco Certified Specialist - Network Security VPN Implementation.

Today’s security professionals need a broader range of skills and deeper focus in strategic technology areas. The new CCNP Security certification program gives you exactly that breadth and depth.<div style="padding-top: 10px;"></div> Where are no formal prerequisites for CCNP Security, but you should have a good understanding of the exam topics before taking the exam. CCNP candidates should have three to five years of experience implementing security solutions.

Exam:

350-701 SCOR - Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies

Duration:

120 minutes

Questions:

TBD

Skills measured:

• Network security
• Cloud security
• Content security
• Endpoint protection and detection
• Secure network access
• Visibility and enforcement

Exam:

300-730 SVPN – Implementing Secure Solutions with Virtual Private Networks

Duration:

90 minutes

Questions:

TBD

Skills measured:

• Site-to-site Virtual Private Networks on Routers and Firewalls
• Remote access VPNs
• Troubleshooting using ASDM and CLI
• Secure Communications Architectures

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