CyberOps Professional Exams and Training

Cisco Certified Cybersecurity Professional

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How to earn your Cybersecurity Professional certification

At the professional level, Cisco certifications focus on both core subjects, and specialist skills designed to help you differentiate yourself in the market. To earn your certification, you’ll take a core exam and a concentration exam of your choice. You’ll also earn a Specialist certification for every exam you pass, so you can show off your unique skills to employers.

Pass the core exam

Pass 350-201 CBRCOR: Performing CyberOps Using Cisco Security Technologies to meet the core exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Cybersecurity Professional certification. Passing this core exam automatically earns you the Cisco Certified Specialist – Cybersecurity Core certification.

Exam overview

This exam tests your knowledge of core cybersecurity operations, including cybersecurity fundamentals, techniques, processes, and automation.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US400, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English
  • Duration: 120 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

Choose your concentration

Conducting Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Using Cisco Technologies for Cybersecurity

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified Specialist – Cybersecurity Forensic Analysis and Incident Response certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cybersecurity Professional career certification.

This exam tests your knowledge of forensic analysis and incident response fundamentals, techniques, and processes.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

Conducting Threat Hunting and Defending using Cisco Technologies for Cybersecurity

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified Specialist – Threat Hunting and Defending certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cybersecurity Professional career certification.

This exam tests your knowledge for conducting threat hunting and defending including threat modeling techniques, threat actor attribution techniques, threat hunting techniques, threat hunting processes, and threat hunting outcomes.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

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