Different Levels of Cisco Certifications

Different Levels of Cisco Certifications

Cisco Systems offers different levels of Certifications in various networking domains, these are:

1. Entry Level
2. Associate Level
3. Professional Level
4. Expert Level
5. Architect Level

ENTRY LEVEL

For entry level, two certifications are available namely:

1. CCENT and CCT.
2. CCENT- Cisco Certified Entry  Networking Technician.
3. CCT-CISCO Certified Technician.

Both these certifications are useful for basic management of a small networking company and can act as a first step towards CCNA certification.

ASSOCIATE LEVEL

In the Associate Level there are 9 certifications namely:

1. CCDA-Cisco Certified Design Associate
2. CCNA Cloud
3. CCNA Collaboration
4. CCNA Data Center
5. CCNA Industrial
6. CCNA Routing and Switching
7. CCNA Security
8. CCNA Service Provider
9. CCNA Wireless

CCDA deals with the design part of Cisco Devices whereas CCNA focusses on Cisco devices like Routers and Switched Configuration and Troubleshooting. As we can see, many CCNA certifications are available but the most preferred certification is CCNA (Routing and Switching).

PROFESSIONAL LEVEL

In the Professional level, there are 8 categories of certifications, these are:

1. CCDP
2. CCNP Cloud
3. CCNP Collaboration
4. CCNP Data Center
5. CCNP Routing and Switching
6. CCNP Security
7. CCNP Service Provider
8. CCNP Wireless

EXPERT LEVEL

These are the 6 certifications available at the expert level:

1. CCDE
2. CCIE Collaboration
3. CCIE Data Center
4. CCIE Routing and Switching
5. CCIE Security
6. CCIE Service Provider
7. CCIE Wireless

ARCHITECT LEVEL

The Architect level which is the highest level of Cisco certifications available.