For
years, the most discussed topic and the chatters occur in offices among the
network professionals has been the efficacy of a Cisco Certified Internetwork
Expert certification (CCIE). Evolution and growth of CCIE depend on a number of
variables, including IT market status, technology evolution, professional
career goals, experience level and many other factors. CCIE in Security
technology is regarded as a high-value certification
The Cisco Certified
Internetwork Expert Security (CCIE Security) program evaluates aspirants on
the basis of knowledge and skills set required to implement, maintain and
support extensive Cisco Network Security Solutions utilizing the latest
industry's best practices and technologies, hence making CCIE Security
certification paying off all the efforts and money on such an influential
technical development plan.
Security
is a major concern in IT Networking industry today. To justify skills required
by industries to meet the desire for evolving technologies and business
insights, Cisco has announced the new framework. Alterations to the
Expert-Level certifications include assessments of upgrading technologies and a
modular and unified exam topics presentation.
Those
who have the knowledge and skills to implement, maintain and support extensive
Cisco Network Security Solutions using the latest industry best practices and
technologies are the most demanded in this industry as they know how to bring
effectiveness to the organization and making it more productive by
understanding security threats and making the network safe and secure.
In
order to achieve the following certification, one should have the passion and
skills to clear the two below-mentioned exams:
1.
CCIE Security Written Exam - 350-018 CCIE Security
2.
CCIE Security Lab Exam - The said exam is eight-hour long, hands-on exam which
would require you to configure a series of secure networks to given
specifications. An aspirant should be well-versed with the knowledge of
troubleshooting which is considered to be an important skill where candidates
are expected to diagnose and solve issues as a fragment of the CCIE lab exam.
CCIE
Security specialists have always been in demand and IT giants like Cisco, TCS,
Orange, HCL, Tech Mahindra, HP, Wipro, Infosys, Accenture, Aricent, Array
Networks, 3i-infotech, Proactive Data Systems, Dimension Data, Singtel, IBM,
Cable & Wireless wholeheartedly welcomes CCIE Security certified professionals
and sometimes skip the interview round for them. Cisco partners like Network
Bulls offers to train students using different training methods alongside 100%
Job Placement Guarantee which allows a candidate to draw starting packages of
Rs. 5-18 Lakhs per annum based on the skills and experience. Average salary
packages drawn by a fresher CCIE Security, CCIE Collaboration and CCIE R&S
engineers range from Rs. 5 Lacs to 9 Lacs per annum.
