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Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST)

Cisco and Certiport, a Pearson VUE business, are collaborating to add a third certification focused on IT Support. This new certification will be called Cisco Certified Support Technician IT Support and is currently under development. We expect this certification exam to launch around June or July 2024. 

This will be the third certification within the CCST program and will provide a validation of work-ready skills and knowledge necessary to help start careers in roles such as IT End User Support, IT Help Desk Support, Computer Support Specialists, and IT Help Desk Analyst. The Cisco Certified Support Technician IT Support certification will help round out the CCST program to address some of the most in demand jobs that help launch careers across support, networking, and cybersecurity.

In the future Cisco Networking Academy plans to provide learning content for candidates to prepare for the new CCST IT Support certification. Watch for more details, including the certification blueprint, to follow.

The best way to learn about networking is to do it.

Cisco Packet Tracer, an innovative simulation and visualization tool, helps you to practice networking, IoT and cybersecurity skills from your desktop.

Use Cisco Packet Tracer to:

• Put your knowledge into practice
• Prepare for a certification exam
• Sharpen your skills for a job interview

Packet Tracer is an essential learning tool used for activities and assessment in most Cisco Networking Academy courses.

At convergence in July 2024, Cisco Networking will bring together our two platforms into a unified experience. There are actions some users need to take prior to 22 February 2024.

Users who have an account on netacad.com with one email and use a different email address for their account on skillsforall.com. If they want their course history to be merged in July 2024, they need to change their netacad.com email address to match their skillsforall.com email address prior to 22 February 2024. We do not recommend instructors change their email address as all instructors must use their NetAcad login to have the credentials to open classes on Skills for All so instructor email accounts should already match.

IMPORTANT: For all partners, instructors and students who use the blue Cisco Networking Academy login button to access Skills For All, no action is required.

And, for users who are only using either netacad.com or skillsforall.com, no action is required.

Students who have not logged into netacad.com since January 2021, their account will be considered inactive and will be removed in February 2024. To resolve this, they simply need to log in to netacad.com prior to 22 February 2024.

https://skillsforall.com/

On January 24, Cisco announces two new entry-level Certified Support Technician certifications that focus on entry-level tech job seekers.

• The Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Cybersecurity certification (formerly IT Specialist – Cybersecurity certification) validates entry-level Cybersecurity knowledge and skills to support and assist with tasks including security principles, network security and endpoint security concepts, vulnerability assessment and risk management, and incident handling. This certification aligns with entry-level positions such as Cybersecurity Analyst, Cybersecurity Technician, or Tier 1 Help Desk Support.
• The Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Networking certification ensures successful candidates have the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate how networks operate, including the devices, media, and protocols that enable network communication. Specific objectives include standards and concepts, addressing and subnet formats, endpoints and media types, infrastructure, and diagnosing problems. This certification will align with entry-level positions such as Network Support Technician, Help Desk Technician, IT Support Specialist, and Tier 1 Help Desk Support.

Exam Availability

• The CCST Cybersecurity certification exam will be available March 1, 2023.
• The CCST Networking certification exam will be available April 2023.

• The Packet Tracer Tutored Activities (PTTA), a new type of activity that provides hints to the learner along the way if they want them. Packet Tracer Tutored Activities (PTTA) are designed to provide a more personalized and equitable learning experience.
• The Enhanced Physical Mode brings you into the virtual lab for a realistic experience of cabling devices on the rack. Reinforce critical skills such as device placement (Rack & Stack), switching on device power, device port-to-port cabling (including cable choice and management), troubleshooting, and more.
• A Network Controller, which is similar to real-world SDN Controllers like Cisco DNA Center and APIC-EM. You can practice a centralized network management approach using the Network Controller model. The Network Controller, managed using its Web GUI or using its APIs, gives you a centralized dashboard to view the network’s state, quickly identify & troubleshoot issues, and push configuration changes to all managed devices at once.  Plus, you can access the Network Controller from real-world applications running on your computer, like a browser, Python, or Postman, to execute your own infrastructure automation scripts.

V priloženom 12-slide PDF je prehľadné porovnanie CCNA ver6 a ver7 aj s mapovaním modulov ver6 do 3 kurzov ver7. Posledné  3 slidy zobrazujú možné stratégie prechodu na ver7.

Migration-CCNA-v6-v7

Prehľadne  popísaný sumár rozdielov nájdete napr tu alebo aj tu2.  Ak stále pretrvávajú otázky ako najlepšie postupovať vo Vašom špecifickom prípade, neváhajte nás kontaktovať info@ccna.sk.

Cisco is moving to a Country Pricing model. See the attached picture. Basically it means for a SK country the NEW CCNA-exam 200-301 will cost $300.- USD and qualifiyng students who deserve the Netacad discount voucher in the the CCNAv7-3 course will pay $125,- USD.

For more details http://www.vue.com/vouchers/pricelist/cisco.asp#prices

New name and updated certification

The Cisco CCNA Cyber Ops certification is now called Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate. If you hold an active CCNA Cyber Ops on February 24, 2020, you’ll receive the new Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate. Moving forward candidates who pass both the SECOPS and SECFND exams will also earn the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate certification.

And coming on May 29, 2020, Cisco will release an updated, consolidated exam that will replace the current exams. If you’ve already passed one of the current exams, keep going, because these exams will be retired on May 28, 2020. On May 29, the new exam, 200-201 CBROPS will be available. read more

Certification program launching on February 24, 2020
Retooling our training and certification program around the latest technologies and what drives today’s learners.

• Updated CCNA courses that will align to the new CCNA certification.
• Updated CCNP labs and exams to align with the new CCNP Enterprise certification.
• CCNA Security course continues as is and will align to training credential.
• No change for CCNA Cybersecurity Operations — course continues as is and aligns to CCNA Cyber Ops certification.

Key Transition Dates

• In November, the new CCNA courses in English and certification preparation materials for the new CCNA Certification exam release.
• In February 2020, the new Cisco Certifications are available
• New CCNA courses in translated languages will be released in phases during Mar-Jul 2020.

Check out directly from cisco.com Next-level Cisco certifications.

Or easy to read/wrap-up you might find here https://ipcisco.com/cisco-next-level-certifications-and-major-changes/

The much anticipated, CCNA Cybersecurity Operations 1.0 releases further arming instructors with teaching material in the high-demand security domain. Course highlights below:

• Provides students hands-on experience in how best to detect and respond to security incidents 
• Details how organizations deal with cybercrime, cyberespionage, insider threats and advanced persistent threats 
• Enables job-ready, practical skills in cybersecurity operations such as Security Operation Center Analyst and Incident Responder  
• Helps students prepare for industry recognized CCNA Cyber Ops Certification 

 Your students will need an entry level of knowledge that includes the below details.  Cybersecurity Essentials and CCENT courses are recommended. 

• PC and Internet navigation skills 
• Basic Windows and Linux system concepts 
• Basic networking concepts 
• Binary and Hexadecimal  understanding 
• Awareness of basic programming concepts 
• Awareness of basic SQL queries 
• Familiarity of Cisco Packet Tracer, a network simulation application 

The new course is available for qualified Academies and ITCs with Instructor training required.