Deepen Your Skills, Enter New Markets

The Master Security Specialization builds on the Advanced Security Specialization and targets and elite group of partners. Partners with a highly qualified Security practice can achieve a Master Security Specialization, regardless of certification level.

The Master Security Specialization offers partners greater opportunities for competitive differentiation, branding, and the highest Cisco VIP rebate for providing more sophisticated, value-added Cisco security solutions.

Master Security Specialization Benefits

• Provide a vehicle for differentiation based on expertise in selling Cisco solutions that integrate technology, applications and services to solve their customer’s business issues.
• Identify and reward partners who have successfully demonstrated expertise in selling, deploying, and providing services for value-added Cisco solutions.
• Enables a closer technical relationship with Cisco, including gaining access to part of Cisco's services intellectual property. This should result in higher levels of service and, consequently, better customer satisfaction for users of Cisco products.
• Prestige and differentiation associated with a Branded identity/designation
• Ability to market achievement to customers
• Recognition of technology excellence on the online Partner Locator
• Opportunity for increased profitability with highest level Value Incentive Program (VIP) rebate percentage starting with VIP9 (February, 2007)
• Opportunity to grow your business with Cisco security solutions to fuel increased sales.
• Cisco Lifecycle Services leading practices provide opportunity for sustained, higher margin revenues.