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Requirements

To achieve an Advanced Security Specialization, partners must fulfill each defined job role: Account Manager, Systems Engineer, and Field Engineer.

Role sharing allows a single individual to fulfill similar roles across 2 or more specializations, based upon the specialization and the role. Cisco has reduced the number of unique individuals required across Express, Advanced, and Master Specializations, however, the total number of individuals required to achieve each certification level remains unchanged. A single qualified individual may fill only the AM role in up to a total of 4 specializations. A single qualified individual may fill only the SE role in up to a total of 2 specializations. A single qualified individual may fill only the FE role in up to a total of 2 specializations. Individuals may not cross-populate between the AM, SE and FE roles. SMB, CRM Express and VPN-Firewall specializations are not limited by the above allocation rules.

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The Advanced Security Specialization role requirements are as follows:

Account Manager
Responsible for sales methodology and customer engagement.

Required Prerequisite:

  • Cisco Sales Expert (#646-203)
    NOTE: Exam #646-203 will retire on May 24, 2008. That exam may be used to meet the CSE requirement for this role until that date, after which it will no longer be accepted. The replacement for this exam is #646-204. Candidates for this role are encouraged to pass #646-204 instead of #646-203 beginning January 11, 2008.

    or
  • Cisco Sales Expert (#646-204)

Required Certification:

Note: The Lifecycle Services exam has become part of the required exam set to achieve the Cisco Security Sales Specialist certification effective May 16 2008. As a result, the exam will no longer be displayed here as an independent exam, but may be found on the Cisco Security Sales Specialist page. This does not change the overall number of required exams to qualify for this role.

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Systems Engineer
Presales engineer responsible for security solution planning and design.

Required Prerequisite:

Required Certification:

Note: The Lifecycle Services exam has become part of the required exam set to achieve the Cisco Security Solutions and Design Specialist certification effective May 16 2008. As a result, the exam will no longer be displayed here as an independent exam, but may be found on the Cisco Security Solutions and Design Specialist page. This does not change the overall number of required exams to qualify for this role.

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Field Engineer
Post-sales engineer responsible for security solution implementation and operation.

Required Prerequisite:

Required Certification:

Cisco Lifecycle Services Advanced Security Course
Optional training in support of the Cisco Lifecycle Services Advanced Security exam.

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Note: Partners can only hold a single specialization in a given technology. For example:

  • A partner cannot hold a VPN/Security Specialization and an Advanced Security Specialization.
  • If a partner achieves the Advanced Security Specialization before their current VPN/Security Specialization expires, the older specialization will be rendered invalid.

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