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Show your expertise in preventing cyber attacks, responding to incidents, and securing the cloud. Advance your career with a Cisco CyberOps Professional certification.

CyberOps Professional certification

Show your expertise in preventing cyber attacks, responding to incidents, and securing the cloud. Advance your career with a Cisco CyberOps Professional certification.

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CyberOps Professional Certification

CyberOps Professional Certification

Show your expertise in preventing cyber attacks, responding to incidents, and securing the cloud with a CyberOps Professional certification.

Security fundamentals

Understand common cybersecurity incidents, prevention plans, compliance standards, and risk analysis. Compare security in different cloud platforms.

Security techniques

Be able to secure computer systems, analyze security data, troubleshoot security systems, and prevent data loss. Demonstrate your knowledge of common attack tactics.

Security processes

Analyze threats, investigate breaches, identify malware, understand attack events, and be able to recommend vulnerability mitigation techniques.

Security automation

Use tools to automate tasks and employ scripts to improve efficiency. Understand data formats, web services, software deployment, and managing infrastructure using code.

How it works

No formal prerequisites

Candidates often have three to five years of experience implementing enterprise networking solutions.

Common learner goals

Professional-level certifications expand on the foundations of associate-level certifications. They cover more advanced topics and allow candidates to hone in on a specific focus area of their choice. Many professional-level certification candidates are looking to prove they’re the best of the best in a specialized field.
To earn the Cisco CyberOps Professional certification, you'll need to pass two exams: A core exam and one of two CyberOps Professional concentration exams.

Getting started

To earn this certification, you'll need to pass two exams:

  • A core exam
  • One of two CyberOps Professional concentration exams

A variety of resources are available to help you ace the exams - from guided learning to self-study and a community forum.

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Maintain your certification

Your certification is valid for three years. You can renew with Continuing Education credits or retake exams before they expire.

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The cybersecurity story

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