The Cisco Learning Network

As a part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month for 2019, we sat down with James Risler, senior manager of security content engineering at Cisco. James Risler is a cybersecurity and IT industry expert. You won't want to miss him talking with Cisco Learning Network Community Manager Matt Saunders about Threat Hunting, the current Threatscape, how security now relates to the new Cisco Certifications portfolio, and more.

Cisco Press Author and Educator Wendell Odom joins us for an interview in this episode of the Cisco Learning Network Podcast. Community Manager Brett Lovins speaks with Wendell about how this renowned Cisco Press author got his start, and also about the Cisco Certifications Portfolio Evolution. As a respected author of several books about the CCNA Certification process, Wendell provides a wealth of information about the new certification launch, and also his advice for students who are in various stages of the certification process. For more information about the evolution of Cisco's Certifications Portfolio, please visit the Next-Level Landing Page: http://cs.co/9006EIwFM

With the new changes to the Cisco Certification portfolio, what has happened to the different categories of the CCNA certification? What should people do if they are already pursuing an existing Associate-level certification? What are the new exam topics for CCNA? To help us understand the answers to these and other questions, we interview Joe Clarke, a Distinguished Services Engineer with Cisco. Joe will walk us through the changes being made to the CCNA certification, and answer more frequently asked questions about the Cisco Certifications changes.  For more information, please visit the Next-Level Landing Page: http://cs.co/9006EIwFM

Cisco's certification and training program now includes DevNet certifications. To talk about what that means, we speak with Cisco DevNet Founder, Senior Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer Susie Wee. Susie walks us through why the Cisco DevNet certifications have been implemented, who these certifications are designed for, what kinds of skills these new certification offerings focus on, and when the topics for these certifications will become available. Finally, Susie talks about how to get started and references the links below that will help you learn more about the Cisco DevNet certifications. Next-Level Landing Page: http://cs.co/9006EIwFM Getting Started with Cisco DevNet: https://developer.cisco.com/startnow/ Cisco DevNet Page: https://developer.cisco.com/ Cisco DevNet Certification Page: https://developer.cisco.com/certification/

In the final episode of this podcast series, we get to hear from Senior Manager for the Global Certifications team, Yusuf Bhaiji, as he talks about the February 2020 changes for recertification, which is always a hot topic when the certification portfolio updates. He also outlines the expanded Continuing Education program, which should be welcome news to all Cisco certification candidates. www.cisco.com/go/nextlevel

The Cisco certifications podcast series continues with a deeper dive into the portfolio changes for expert-level certifications. Once again, we were able to sit down with the senior manager for the Global Certifications team, Yusuf Bhaiji, and let him share the exciting updates to these certifications in February 2020. Listen in. www.cisco.com/go/nextlevel

The Cisco Learning Network team is pleased to release this podcast in coordination with recent Cisco certification portfolio changes. This session is the first of a series of podcasts and starts at the beginning. We have invited Senior Manager for the Global Certifications team, Yusuf Bhaiji, to join us for a conversation about the changes to the Cisco certifications portfolio at a high level. In later podcasts, Yusuf will deep-dive into aspects of the changes, but this podcast is designed to give you a good first-look. www.cisco.com/go/nextlevel

This is the second podcast on the changes to the Cisco Certification portfolio. Senior Manager for the Global Certifications team, Yusuf Bhaiji, talks about the what, the why and the when of changes to the CCNA. Highly recommended for associate level certification holders and those pursuing these certifications. www.cisco.com/go/nextlevel

The series continues with part 3 where we get Senior Manager for the Global Certifications team, Yusuf Bhaiji, to speak directly to the changes in the Cisco Certifications portfolio at the professional level. There many exciting changes including: added flexibility, removal of prerequisites, incremental recognition and more.  www.cisco.com/go/nextlevel

In this episode of the Cisco Learning Network Podcast, we hear from Omar Santos, Principal Engineer in the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) within Cisco's Security Research and Operations. Omar will provide a comprehensive overview of the Firepower Services that Cisco has recently developed.