210-260- Implementing Cisco Network Security

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Cisco Certifications have received recognition throughout the world. You will not be alone if you have the desire to become certified and earn a good living. These certifications are not just meant to let you enjoy money, but they also let you excel in your career. Yes, they play an integral role in career growth too.

Let’s have a look at one of the top Cisco certifications of all time; the 210-260 IINS i.e. Implementing Cisco Network Security. It tests the knowledge of the candidate for infrastructure of secure network, secure access management, core security conceptions, intrusion privation, security of email, web and content, firewalls, endpoint security and VPN encryption.

Description

It is a CCNA security exam that contains 60 to 70 questions. Time allowed to complete the exam is 90 minutes and it is available in English and Japanese language only.

The 210-260 consists of the following exam topics:

Security concepts- 12 Percent
VPN -14 Percent
Secure Routing & switching-18 Percent
IPS- 9 percent
Cisco Firewall Technologies- 18 Percent
Secure ...
... Access- 14 Percent
Content & Endpoint Security-12 Percent

Passing this exam means you will validate your skills for monitoring, installing, troubleshooting the secure network and ensure that confidentiality, integrity and data and devices availability is maintained.

Recommended Training

There are courses which are recommended for this exam:
IINS- Implementing Cisco Network Security
IINS- E-Learning Implementing Cisco Network Security

These course are only offered by the Cisco Learning Partners that are known as the authorized sources for Cisco IT training and they are run by the Cisco Instructors only.

Additional Resources

It is obvious that for the preparation of the exam, you will need additional resources and luckily all of them are available readily. You can get access to the Cisco Press tittles which can be purchased either directly from the Cisco Press or the marketplace bookstore of Cisco.

Other than this, if you want to assess yourself and you want to be sure that you pass the exam successfully to become Cisco Certified, you may need some help. For this purpose, practice exams are available. They contain sample questions and answers so that you can get an idea about what type of questions are asked in the exam and how you may attempt them. This will help you in overcoming the exam fear to a great extent. Make yourself comfortable by following this approach and see how well you can do in the exam.