Cisco CCNA Certification Exams Retiring In November - Get Certified Now!

Cisco CCNA Certification Exams Retiring In November - Get Certified Now!
And the first bit of nice news is that you have lots of time to take & pass the current CCNA exams. In this piece of writing, I will outline several advantages to taking the CCNA plunge now before these changes take effect.

If you’re working on the Cisco CCNA right now, or even thinking about it, there's changes coming to the CCNA program in November that you want to know about. No reason to worry, these changes are all nice news for CCNA candidates.

Cisco’s taking the approach that the CCNA certification is no longer an entry-level certification, & this is a welcome alter for CCNAs & CCNA candidates alike. i've been writing CCNA ebooks & teaching CCNA courses for several years, & I’ve always refused to call this an entry-level certification.

The current CCNA exam (640-801) won't be phased out until November 6, which gives you over time to get CCNA certified before then -- even if you haven’t started studying yet! Those of you who want to take the two-exam path to CCNA certification should know that the 640-811 ICND & 640-821 INTRO exams will be phased out on that same date.

* fast Spanning Tree Protocol
* Switch security
* IP Version 6
* Router security
* Virtual Private Networks
* Wireless routing & more

The old CCNA exam (640-802) looks to be even more demanding than the current exam, which is another reason to pick up the pace & get certified now! Here are a number of the old topics you’ll find on the 640-802 exam:

If you choose the two-exam path for the CCNA certification after November 6, you’ll want to take five ICND exams – ICND 1 (640-822) & ICND 2 (640-816). This is much tougher than the current path because the INTRO exam will be a thing of the past after November 6! (Passing the ICND 1 exam will earn you the old Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician certification, Cisco’s old entry-level certification.)

Add these to the topics already found on the current CCNA exam, & you can see that the old CCNA exam will be even more demanding than the current version.

The old CCNA exams will actually be available on August 1, but again, i want to emphasize that the current CCNA exams will be available through November 6. My advice to those who want to get CCNA certified before the alter is to book your exam now, make sure you choose the right exam number – & get started studying!

The CCNA will be even more valuable with these changes, so again, even if you’ve even been thinking about earning the CCNA – now is the time!