Revised Cisco CCNA Certification Track Goes Live February 24, 2020

Overview

The new CCNA program is designed to prepare you for today’s associate-level job roles in IT technologies. CCNA now includes security and automation and programmability. The program has one certification that covers a broad range of fundamentals for IT careers, with one exam and one training course to help you prepare.

Newly retooled for the latest technologies and job roles, the CCNA training course and exam give you the foundation you need to take your career in any direction. CCNA certification covers a breadth of topics, including:

• Network fundamentals
• Network access
• IP connectivity
• IP services
• Security fundamentals
• Automation and programmability

Migration to the new program

The new CCNA certification replaces the current CCNA certifications for:

CCNA Cloud	CCNA Industrial
CCNA Collaboration	CCNA Routing & Switching
CCNA Cyber Ops	CCNA Security
CCDA Data Center	CCNA Service Provider
CCDA	CCNA Wireless

 

If you have started working toward any current CCNA or CCDA certification, keep going. You have until February 23, 2020 to complete your current CCNA/CCDA.

• If you complete any current CCNA/CCDA certification before February 24, you’ll receive the new CCNA certification and a training badge in the corresponding technology area.
• If you already have Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) certification and would like to earn CCNA, you have until February 23 to complete your CCNA certification in the current program. As of February 24, you will need to take the new exam to complete CCNA certification.

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for CCNA certification, but you should have an understanding of the exam topics before taking the exam.

CCNA candidates often also have:

• One or more years of experience implementing and administering Cisco solutions
• Knowledge of basic IP addressing
• A good understanding of network fundamentals