The New CCNA - BIGGEST IT Certification updates EVER!

About this video

Chuck and David interview the CTO and SVP of Cisco DevNet at Cisco Live about a sweeping overhaul of Cisco certifications. She says there will be one CCNA as the entry-level gateway, replacing separate tracks, then CCNP in five areas — enterprise, service provider, data center, security, and collaboration — plus Enterprise Wireless, CCIE in those areas, and new specialist certifications for technology concentrations. Brand new is the DevNet track: a DevNet Associate, described as the CCNA equivalent for software, covering secure API use plus some networking knowledge, and a DevNet Professional with CCNP-level rigor, with a DevNet Expert planned later. DevNet specialist options include automation and programmability, DevOps, IoT, and WebEx, and specialists can be mixed and matched. For the CCNP, candidates take a core exam plus one specialist of their choice. She gives examples of combined paths for emerging roles such as a DevSecOps engineer and an IoT architect using Wi-Fi 6. She calls it the biggest change in the certification program in 26 years, since 1993, and says Cisco Networking Academy, which she says has trained 9.2 million students, will expand to prepare students for DevNet, with training described as 80% software and 20% networking. Chuck closes excited that programming skills can finally be certified.

Key takeaways

• The redesigned program has one CCNA as the gateway, then CCNP in five areas — enterprise, service provider, data center, security, and collaboration — with specialization coming later.
• The new DevNet Associate and DevNet Professional certify software skills for networking, including secure API use, with a DevNet Expert planned later.
• CCNP candidates take a core exam plus one specialist concentration, and Cisco and DevNet specialists can be mixed and matched.
• Combining certifications is presented as preparation for emerging roles such as DevSecOps engineer and IoT architect.
• The interviewee calls this the biggest certification change in 26 years and says Networking Academy will expand to DevNet preparation.

Episode details: published June 10, 2019 · 14:13 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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