Build your career with Cisco
Cisco's professional-level certifications prepare you for today’s job roles in IT technologies. These certifications validate the breadth and depth of your knowledge, covering the core concepts that span a technology area while also providing the flexibility to choose a focus area.
Cisco Professional certifications
Each professional-level certification requires only two exams: one core exam and one concentration exam of your choice, so you can focus on your interests and needs. And core exams in each CCNP technology track also serve as qualifying exams for CCIE lab exams.
CCNP Enterprise
Tests your skills in the ever-changing landscape of enterprise network technologies.
CCNP Collaboration
Proves you have what it takes to build the solutions that empower our evolving collaboration technologies.
CCNP Data Center
Proves that you can run the data centers of today and tomorrow.
CCNP Security
Proves you can step into any security environment and protect the networks and data that clients rely on.
CCNP Service Provider
Proves your ability to configure, verify, and optimize next-gen service provider IP network infrastructures.
Cisco Certified Cybersecurity Professional
Elevates your skills to address nuanced security challenges.
Cisco Certified DevNet Professional
Showcases the skills you need to develop and maintain applications built on Cisco platforms, securely and at scale.
Resources
Professional-level Essentials Event
Watch our expert’s guidance and advice on planning your path towards your CCNP certification success.
CCIE Prep program
Sign up to accelerate your expert-level learning journey.
The CCNP story
Learn why we created the CCNP certifications, and find out how you can use them to plan, support, and grow your career.