Cisco certification Introduction
The widely respected IT certification programs available through Cisco Career Certifications bring valuable, measurable rewards to network professionals, their managers, and the organizations that employ them.

Three Levels of IT Certification
We offer three levels of general IT certification: Associate, Professional, and Expert (CCIE representing the highest level of achievement).

Six Different Paths
Various tracks—such as Routing and Switching, Network Security, and Service Provider—are available, so that you can match your certification path to your job role or industry.

IT Certification in Focused Areas
In addition to general certifications, network professionals can enhance their core networking knowledge by achieving specialist cisco certification in technologies such as security, IP telephony, and wireless.

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Cisco Systems has some of the most widely respected and highly sought after IT certifications in the industry. Individuals who earn the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification are consistently among the highest paid IT workers. To preserve the integrity of the certification process and the value of its certifications, Cisco has partnered with Pearson VUE to implement a tough new set of security measures.

“Employers rely on our certifications to validate that a potential employee or contractor has the level of knowledge and expertise to perform on the job,” said Fred Weiller, Director of Marketing for Learning@Cisco. “For an individual a certification represents an investment in time and money to present himself as an expert in the networking field. We are acting to defend the integrity of Cisco certifications.”

“I’ve been in testing since the 1980’s with Control Data’s first computer testing implementation,” said Randy Trask, Vice President of Market Development for Pearson VUE, “and I can tell you that cheating has always been around. What’s changed is the pervasiveness of the internet. In a half second, an individual can compromise intellectual property around the globe in forums that are highly categorized and easily accessible.”

Who are the Culprits?

Trask said that VUE and Cisco had identified three main categories of people who attempt to compromise certification exams: proxy test takers, item harvesters and cheaters. “When we began to devise counter measures, we developed techniques directed to each of the three groups,” said Trask.

Proxy test takers go to a test center and sit for an exam registered as another individual. “It’s an age old problem,” said Trask, “but it’s definitely a problem that we continue to see.”

An item harvester is someone who takes an exam under their real name, but their sole intention is to steal intellectual property. The worst offenders in this category are those in the employ of black market test vendors or other organizations who believe they can profit from stealing test questions. A less sinister item harvester is someone who used a brain dump site to prepare for the exam and returns to the site to post several items that he remembers to “give back” to the group.

Cheaters are individuals who are not trying to profit stealing intellectual property; they are just dishonest people willing to cheat to pass an exam. “It’s like when you were in school and somebody wrote the answers on the bottom of his shoe,” said Trask.

Candidate Authentication Program

The candidate authentication program is designed as a counter measure to the proxy test taker. Under this program, each Cisco exam candidate will have to sit for a digital photograph and provide a digital signature. The photo and signature will become a permanent part of the exam record. If a candidate refuses to provide the photo and signature, they will not be allowed to take the exam.

“In a proxy testing investigation, being able to review photographs associated with exams is a powerful investigative tool,” said Trask. “If we have the same photograph appearing under different names and signatures, it provides evidence that is difficult to refute.”

“This is really going to help deter proxy test takers directly, but I also think it is going to increase the overall level of awareness about our tightened security measures so some of the cheaters will not be so bold. The equipment and the process are highly visible at the testing centers,” said Trask.

All Pearson VUE testing centers worldwide are being equipped to implement the program and hundreds have already been outfitted with the technology. Pearson plans to rollout the program in three separate waves by region as they achieve critical mass with installed sites. Once the program is activated in a region, people who refuse to participate will not be allowed to test.

Exam Data Forensics

During a Cisco certification exam, each keystroke is logged and a record is created that includes the length of the test period, how much time was spent on each question, whether an answer was changed, how much time was spent on the second answer, etc. After the exam is completed, but before the results are processed, each exam session is analyzed by forensic software that analyzes the session against established behaviors and suspect exams are flagged for investigation.

“When you analyze a testing program the size of Cisco’s, you develop an extensive knowledge base of behaviors you expect to see at every level of the examination,” said Trask. “We’ve broken the population down by age, sex, education, country, etc., and we know what to expect in almost every instance. We’ve established norms for behavior for an individual taking an exam for the first time, for taking an exam a second time after failing initially. We know how the distractors should be performing. We’ve amassed a wealth of knowledge for every test question.”

When an exam is flagged, it is investigated by VUE psychologists and security teams. If they determine that there is a problem with the cisco certification test, the results are invalidated and the candidate is offered a free chance to retake the test. They are given a different form of the test and have the opportunity to validate that they understood the information and should have passed the test.

Program Data Forensics

Another layer of security examines a wide range of other program attributes to determine what is occurring within the program. “We’re comparing testing center to testing center, and within a center, we are comparing one administrator to another administrator to see if inconsistencies emerge,” Trask said. “We look at things like candidates who live in one country but test in another; we review financial information, credit card information; just a very wide range of information to see patterns and inconsistencies.”

Consequences

In the past when someone was caught cheating they would have their score invalidated and their credential could be revoked. The most serious consequence would be preventing the individual from participating in a certification program. But the stakes are going up.

“Our evidence collection is now done for evidentiary purposes,” said Trask. ‘We intend to pursue civil and criminal remedies against people who choose to profit from violating or infringing on our intellectual property. And I applaud Cisco for it. Previously people wanted to avoid any bad PR related to going after these groups, but both Pearson and Cisco are taking it very seriously and we will take action against them.”

“It is not just an intellectual property issue,” said Weiller. “Ultimately it’s about protecting the integrity and value of the certification. Since test development is very expensive process, we can establish direct and consequential damages for which we can pursue recovery. The laws governing intellectual property give us a legal basis to pursue these people, but the objective is to protect the brand and the equity in the certification.”

“Our program year after year is seen as having solid value in the marketplace,” said Erik Ullanderson, Manager of Global Certifications for Learning@Cisco, the group responsible for Cisco training and certification. “We recently awarded our one millionth certification and the majority of those people earned their credentials fairly. We are protecting their investment and the value that employers place on Cisco certifications.”

Awareness and Engagement

Cisco and Pearson are developing targeted messaging that will be delivered in email campaigns to certification holders and on posters in testing centers. One central theme will be appropriate vs. inappropriate study methods and behavior. “In many instances, candidates don’t see anything wrong about using or contributing to brain dump sites,” said Trask. “We are going to be educating people about the local and federal laws governing theft of intellectual property in the various regions around the world.”

Another effort will be to engage certification holders to alert program representatives in cases where people don’t seem to have the requisite skills for a certification. “People who have earned a certification honestly have a vested interest in protecting the integrity of the process and the value of their certification,” said Trask. “Anytime someone has a certification but doesn’t have the skills to do the job, it hurts the value of everyone’s certification.”

The coordinated program will only be used with Cisco certifications at present, but Trask thinks that other certification sponsors will follow. “The candidate authentication program is the first real security effort since we rolled out IT certification in the late 80’s, and we are glad that the leadership at Cisco was willing to take the brave first step,” he said. “Combined with the forensics and educational outreach we are confident that the program will have a major impact on exam security worldwide.”

This article provides helpful information for you to prepare for Cisco exam 350-001, the CCIE Written exam. The CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) certification has historically been the most valued in the area of networking. There are two steps to achieve this valued certification:

A 100 question written test, which this Cramsession will help to prepare you for
And an intense lab exam, which will test the limits of your technical knowledge
I’ve compiled a list of study suggestions for 350-001 that you might find useful:

Print out a copy of the exam 350-001 blueprint from the Cisco website. Use this as the basis of your notes, and don’t consider yourself ready for the exam until you are completely comfortable with ALL the topics on the list. The blueprint changes occasionally, but the current version can be found at: Written Exam Blueprint v3.0
Buy a few books. This seems simple enough, but I’ve found there are two types of books lists for the CCIE - those for the lab and those for the written. They’re not the same. For our purposes here, there are two things we want to accomplish with our reading: to quickly get the written out of the way to start the long road to the lab; and to try as much as possible to conserve money and time by finding and reading materials that are applicable to both.
Download sample exams. There are several available, but regardless of which vendor’s questions you choose, take advantage of a significant pool of questions, and select products by different authors. The subject matter for this exam is broad, and you want a good selection of material to study from.
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Cisco Certification Testing, The widely respected Cisco Career Certifications bring valuable, measurable rewards to network professionals, their managers, and the organizations that employ them. Cisco offers three levels of general certification-from Associate to Professional to Expert, representing the highest level of achievement-available in various paths (or tracks) and designations.

CCENT® Certification (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician)
The Cisco CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician) certification validates the skills required for entry-level network support positions, the starting point for many successful careers in networking. Candidates should have the knowledge and skill to install, operate and troubleshoot a small enterprise branch network, including basic network security. CCENT certification is the first step toward achieving CCNA, which covers medium size enterprise branch networks with more complex connections.

CCNA Certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
The Cisco CCNA network associate certification validates the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched networks, including implementation and verification of connections to remote sites in a WAN. This new curriculum includes basic mitigation of security threats, introduction to wireless networking concepts and terminology, and performance-based skills. This new curriculum also includes (but is not limited to) the use of these protocols: IP, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Serial Line Interface Protocol Frame Relay, Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2),VLANs, Ethernet, access control lists (ACLs)

CCNP Certification (Cisco Certified Network Professional)
CCNP certification validates a network professional’s ability to install, configure and troubleshoot converged local and wide area networks with 100 to 500 or more nodes. Network Professionals who achieve the CCNP have demonstrated the knowledge and skills required to manage the routers and switches that form the network core, as well as edge applications that integrate voice, wireless, and security into the network.

Want to start getting into routers etc so looking at doing some cisco stuff?
Think you need to start on the CCNA? but dont really know where or know of any real books that can teach you this from scratch? Here is a guideline for the Cisco newbies to start on the CCNA.

Q: Looking at doing some cisco stuff?

A: Cisco’s Career Certifications & Paths information can be found here.
Cisco also has a CCNA Prep Center — it might impress you, or it might scare you away — but worth a look to get an idea of what Cisco makes available.

http://www.cisco.com/go/prepcenter Only one comment on the prepCenter.
When watching the flash, dont take their word when they say that linux is an operating system.

One who says that linux is an OS, states that his knowledge of operating systems converging to zero (especially linux based).

Q: Don’t really know where or know of any real books that can teach you this from scratch.

A: The books you’ll hear the most about around here are:
Sybex - Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide — by Todd Lammle. Should be on the 5th edition. Great for learning subnetting. Missing some info, but there are one or two new update chapters available for download.

Cisco Press - The CCNA 640-802 books by Wendell Odom. Probably the CCNA Official Exam Certification Library.

You can check out all the Cisco Press Books (and the link to the simulator) at the Cisco Press Web site.
Hands-on practice is important…. but you can get by with the simulator for the CCNA.

Q: Are the exams expensive?

A: The CCNA 640-802 exam is $125.
There is also the 2 exam option (INTRO and ICND). There should be link at the CCNP Prep Center that explains it. I think those are $100 each.

That should be enough links to keep you busy for the rest of the night.

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Oracle reserves the right to take action against any candidate involved in fraudulent activities, including, but not limited to, fraudulent use of vouchers, promotional codes, reselling exam discounts and vouchers, cheating on an exam, alteration of score reports, alteration of completion certificates, violation of exam retake policies or other activities deemed fraudulent by Oracle.
If Oracle determines, in its sole discretion, that fraudulent activity has taken place, it reserves the right to take action up to and including, but not limited to, decertification of a candidate’s Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Certified Professional and/or OCM credentials, temporary, indefinite or permanent ban of a candidate from Oracle certification programs, notification to a candidate’s employer, and notification to law enforcement agencies. Candidates found committing fraudulent activities forfeit all fees previously paid to Oracle, or to Oracle’s authorized vendors, and may be required to pay additional fees for services rendered.

Candidates have the option of gaining the certification by passing two tests (ICND1 640-822 and ICND2 640-816), or one single test (CCNA 640-802); the two-test option has the advantage of allowing the candidate to focus on certain subjects.[1]

The certification is valid for three years; at that time a CCNA holder must either

re-take the CCNA or ICND exam, or
take and pass an exam for one of the Professional (e.g., CCNP) or Specialist level certifications (excluding the sales specialist exams), or pass the CCIE written exam.
These exams are known by their corresponding numbers. When the curriculum of the exam changes the exam number also changes. The current exam number for CCNA is 640-802 (from 15 Aug 2007). New ICND Part1 (640-822 ICND1) and ICND Part2 (640-816 ICND2) available from 15 Aug 2007. Part 1 by itself will give you a CCENT.

These exams are conducted by authorized test centers at a cost of $125 USD each for the ICND1 or ICND2 exams and $150 USD[2] for the full CCNA exam.

There is also the Cisco Networking Academy, which brings the CCNA and CCNP curricula into traditional educational institutions in over 150 countries.[3] Students enrolled in Cisco Networking Academy can request exam vouchers that allow them to take the retired exam for an extended period of time.[4]

Cisco CCNA 640-802 Certification Exam Training Study Guide
Free online study program that includes training courses and materials for Preparation CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Certification Exam 640-802.

The first stage of Cisco certification system is the entry level and begins with Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) certification as an interim step to Associate level or directly with CCNA and CCDA certifications. While the CCENT covers basic networking knowledge, and does not get involved with the more intricate technical aspects of the Cisco curriculum it does validate the skills essential for entry-level network support positions. CCENT qualified individuals have the knowledge and skill to install, manage, maintain and troubleshoot a small enterprise branch network, including network security. The CCNA Discovery curriculum covers most of what is required to pass this exam.