Hone your IT credentials with Specialist certifications

As the cybersecurity field grows, companies of all sizes need experts to design and run their security operations. From attack prevention to daily threat monitoring, there’s a role for every career goal. Become your organization’s greatest security asset — we’ll show you how.

Certify your knowledge of core cybersecurity operations, including cybersecurity fundamentals, techniques, processes, and automation.

Show your knowledge of forensic analysis and incident response fundamentals, techniques, and processes.

Demonstrate your expertise in threat hunting and defending, including threat modeling techniques, threat actor attribution techniques, and threat hunting techniques, processes, and outcomes.

Technology advances generate more data than ever before. Optimize the applications and infrastructure that connect what matters most to any business — its people, systems, and data.

Certify that you know how to implement core data center technologies including network, compute, storage, automation, and security.

Demonstrate your mastery of design and deployment options for Cisco Data Center solutions and technologies.

Showcase your ability to troubleshoot data center network architecture.

Verify your ability to deploy and manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructures.

Validate your ability to integrate Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructures.

Showcase your mastery of automating Cisco Data Center solutions.

Now more than ever, streamlining network operations is a must for any business. Become a vital member of today’s IT with expertise in all phases of network automation.

Certify your knowledge of software development and design, including using APIs, Cisco platforms, application deployment and security, infrastructure, and automation.

Showcase your ability to implement enterprise automated solutions including Python programming, APIs, controllers, and automation tools.

Implement and support automation solutions in service provider network infrastructure, using network programmability principles, protocols, tools, and mechanisms.

Showcase implementation of Cisco Data Center automated solutions, including programming concepts, orchestration, and automation tools.

Demonstrate your ability to design advanced automated security solutions for your network using modern programming concepts.

Showcase your ability to implement Cisco Collaboration automated, programmable solutions for voice, video, and conferencing on-premises or in the cloud.

Automate application deployment, enable automated configuration, and improve scalability of cloud micro-services and infrastructure processes.

The only constant in IT is change — and enterprise network technologies are evolving rapidly. Stay ahead of the curve by proving your skills in maintaining and managing today’s most complex networks.

Verify that you know how to implement core enterprise network technologies, including dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security, and automation.

Certify that you know how to implement and troubleshoot advanced routing technologies and services including Layer 3, Virtual Private Network (VPN) services. Also verify your skills in infrastructure security, services, and automation.

Test your knowledge of Cisco's Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) operations, management, architecture, policies, Quality of Service (QoS), and security. Learn about SD-WAN solutions, including how to deploy and configure WAN Edge routers, controllers, and multicast.

Certify your knowledge of enterprise design, including Wide-Area Network (WAN), security and network services, and Software-Defined Access (SDA). Also demonstrate your knowledge of advanced addressing and routing solutions, and advanced enterprise campus networks.

Certify your knowledge of wireless network design, including site surveys, wired and wireless infrastructure, mobility, and Wireless Local-Area Network (WLAN) high availability.

Show your knowledge of wireless network implementation, including Cisco FlexConnect, Quality of Service (QoS), multicast, advanced location services, client connectivity security, monitoring, and device hardening.

Showcase your ability to implement enterprise automated solutions including Python programming, APIs, controllers, and automation tools.

Certify that you can design and implement cloud connectivity, including architecture models, IPsec, and Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions.

Demonstrate your knowledge of network assurance design and implementation leveraging platforms and architecture, data collection, implementation, data analysis, insights and alerts.

Show the world you have what it takes to deploy, secure, manage, and monitor complex public and private multicloud networks.

Demonstrate your knowledge of network assurance design and implementation leveraging platforms and architecture, data collection, implementation, data analysis, insights and alerts.

Certify that you can design and implement cloud connectivity, including architecture models, IPsec, and Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions.

Certify your knowledge of designing and implementing secure architectures, users and devices, networks, applications, data, and more.

Secure and protect the on-premises and cloud network infrastructures that organizations rely on.

Test your knowledge of implementing and operating core security technologies, including network, cloud, and content security, endpoint protection and detection, and more.

Prove you have the knowledge to secure networks with Cisco Secure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.

Test your ability to deploy and use the Cisco Identity Services Engine to improve network visibility, security policy management, and operational efficiency.

Test your skills in using Cisco Secure Email Gateway to protect emails and streamline email security policy management.

Showcase your ability to secure business emails and the web using Cisco Secure Web Appliance.

Verify your knowledge of enterprise Virtual Private Networks to create secure solutions.

Demonstrate your ability to design advanced automated security solutions for your network using modern programming concepts.

Revolutionize IT infrastructure for businesses worldwide. Stay ahead of emerging technologies, and master strategic network design skills to provide unparalleled services to clients.

Test your knowledge of implementing core service provider network technologies including architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of service, security, and network assurance.

Demonstrate your mastery of implementing Cisco Service Provider advanced routing solutions, including routing protocols, policy language, Multiprotocol Label Switcing (MPLS), and segment routing.

Demonstrate your ability to implement service provider Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, including Layer 2, Layer 3, and IPv6.

Implement and support automation solutions in service provider network infrastructure, using network programmability principles, protocols, tools, and mechanisms.

Certify your knowledge of designing and implementing virtualized architecture, cloud interconnect, high availability, security, and service assurance and optimization.