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CCNP Security

Standardize your team on CCNP Security with a structured Cisco training path — virtual labs, 3 blueprint-weighted practice exams, and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

2
Courses per engineer
3
Practice exams
5
Core skills
Core exam: $400, Concentration exam: $300
Exam fee (Cisco)
Network operations team reviewing Cisco routing topology on a wall display
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Cisco)
Core exam: $400, Concentration exam: $300
Courses on path
2
Exam codes
  • 350-701
  • 300-710
  • and

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites
Recommended experience
Three to five years of experience implementing security solutions.
Recertification
3 years

Required exams and your team's choice

Your team's CCNP Security training path

Each engineer takes 1 required course plus one course for the concentration exam your team picks — assign them and track progress across the team.

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendorCore exam: $400, Concentration exam: $300

Core — Required

Every engineer on the CCNP Security path takes 350-701.

  1. 350-701Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies v2.0 (350-701)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $US400
    Exam length
    120 minutes

    Exam blueprint: 350-701

Concentration — Any 1 of these 2

Each engineer chooses 1 of these 2 exams — assign the courses for the exam they pick, and the team report shows who has finished them.

  1. 300-715Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (SISE)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $US300
    Exam length
    90 minutes

    Exam blueprint: 300-715

  2. 300-710Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls v1.1Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $US300
    Exam length
    90 minutes

    Exam blueprint: 300-710

Skills your team builds

Network security design and implementationThreat detection and mitigationNetwork infrastructure securitySecurity policy and complianceNetwork security protocols and technologies

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Hands-on virtual labs
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Cisco career ladder

Where CCNP Security sits in your team's Cisco progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

Compliance frameworks this training supports

Where CCNP Security skills fit your compliance program

The compliance frameworks whose controls draw on the skills CCNP Security training builds, with the control families the certification’s learning objectives address. A planning aid for mapping training to your program, not evidence that a requirement is met.

  • FrameworkSOC 2
    Control families
    CC6CC7
  • FrameworkPCI DSS
    Control families
    Req 1Req 11
  • FrameworkCMMC L2
    Control families
    ACSCSI
  • FrameworkNIST 800-53
    Control families
    ACSCSI

Mappings reflect the certification’s stated learning objectives against published framework control families. CBT Nuggets is a training platform. Our courses build the skills these frameworks depend on, and our completion records document the workforce training many of them require. Training supports a compliance program; it does not by itself make an organization compliant. Your compliance program and its assessors decide what counts as evidence. Pair this table with your auditor’s control crosswalk for the mapping your review requires.

Customer outcome

Build CCNP capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the CCNP Security courses to the engineers who need them, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Cisco skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

Team capability

Make CCNP a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on CCNP gives leadership a clear picture of Cisco skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: CCNP Security

Exam
  • 350-701
  • 300-710
  • and

Frequently asked questions about CCNP Security training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating CCNP Security training for their team.

How does CCNP Security fit a compliance or governance program for network security?

Teams commonly cite CCNP Security when documenting training coverage for the engineers who run firewall, VPN, and network access controls. The formal mapping to any control framework is decided by the auditor's own crosswalk for the organization's environment and audit scope. CBT Nuggets team reporting supports that documentation with per-learner progress, completion, and completion exports for audit evidence.

Who on the team should hold CCNP Security, and what can a certified team own?

CCNP Security fits the network security engineers and administrators responsible for the Cisco security stack. The linked courses cover Firepower Threat Defense access control, IPS/IDS, SSL decryption, malware and file policies, and high availability, plus IPsec site-to-site VPNs, Layer 2 hardening, and secure management with AAA. They also cover Cisco ISE deployment, Active Directory and LDAP integration, and policy workflow, so a certified team can own both perimeter enforcement and identity-based network access control.

What does CBT Nuggets CCNP Security training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets CCNP Security courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Cisco's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track CCNP Security training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the CCNP Security courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on CCNP Security?

The linked CBT Nuggets courses add up to about 151 hours of video across the security core, Firepower, and Identity Services Engine training. Actual time to certify depends on each engineer's starting point with Cisco security technologies and how much time the team can commit to the training.

What if Cisco updates the CCNP Security exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Cisco course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Cisco restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

Ready to CCNP Security-certify your team?

Build CCNP Security capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT leaders plan and track CCNP Security training across the team — labs, practice exams, and reporting included.