Introduction

Welcome to the world of Cisco career certification. Most importantly, welcome to the world of the Cisco Secure Firewall and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). If you are reading this Introduction, you have probably decided to obtain Cisco’s professional-level security certification—CCNP Security.

Obtaining a Cisco certification ensures that you have a solid understanding of computer networking principles along with Cisco’s networking solutions. Cisco has one of the largest market shares of network architectural components, such as routers, switches, firewalls, and intrusion prevention systems, with a global footprint. Cisco’s professional-level certifications have been an important part of the computing industry for many years and ...

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