Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cybersecurity

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Associate-level security operations credential covering monitoring, host and network intrusion analysis, and SOC procedures. One exam confers it.

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Cisco CCNA Cybersecurity

Intermediate · 9 hrs

Baseline certification levels

This certification satisfies these DoD baseline levels — the IAT / IAM / IASAE / CSSP requirement many contracts still state. It's a separate question from the 8140 work roles above, and there is no official mapping between the two.

CSSP Analyst CSSP Incident Responder

What this qualifies you for

Listed specifically for 2 work roles — up to Advanced proficiency. Because options cascade downward, a cert listed at Advanced also satisfies Intermediate and Basic for that role.

511Cyber Defense AnalystUses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs.) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of mitigating threats.Advanced 531Cyber Defense Incident ResponderInvestigates, analyzes, and responds to cyber incidents within the network environment or enclave.Intermediate

Also listed for 14 Cyberspace Enablers roles — but so is every other certification

The Enablers matrix isn’t role-differentiated: the same certification options are listed for all 14 roles at every proficiency level. We verified that across all 14. So this is true, and it carries no information about this credential specifically — which is why it isn’t in the count above.

211 Forensics Analyst 221 Cyber Crime Investigator 711 Cyber Instructional Curriculum Developer 712 Cyber Instructor 731 Cyber Legal Advisor 732 Privacy Compliance Manager 751 Cyber Workforce Developer and Manager 752 Cyber Policy and Strategy Planner 801 Program Manager 802 IT Project Manager 803 Product Support Manager 804 IT Investment/Portfolio Manager 805 IT Program Auditor 901 Executive Cyber Leader

Renewal

3year cycle30CE credits per cycle

This is the issuer’s clock. 8140 runs a second one — 20 hours of CPD a year, at every proficiency level, which applies even if you hold no certification at all. How that works

Cisco CE requirements scale by level: 30 for Associate, 80 Professional, 120 Expert. Recertify by earning CE credits, retaking the exam, or passing a higher-level exam before expiration.

Source: Cisco recertification policy · checked 2026-07-20

Verifying it

Cisco has no public lookup a third party can use on their own — verification depends on a badge URL you share.

A badge URL the holder shares. Credly proves a badge exists, not who holds it.

Track this credential

Cisco has no holder-independent public lookup. Verification needs a code or transcript the holder generates.

Source: Cisco — Credly digital badges · checked 2026-07-20

Exam blueprint

Verified against Cisco’s published outline.

200-201 CCNACBR · v1.2

Current

120 minutes · Cisco does not publish question count or passing score

Security concepts20%

Security monitoring25%

Host-based analysis20%

Network intrusion analysis20%

Security policies and procedures15%

The exam number 200-201 is unchanged, but the short code moved from CBROPS to CCNACBR and the certification was renamed from Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate. Study materials will be labeled inconsistently for a while; both names mean this exam. Weights are identical between v1.1 and v1.2, verified by diffing both PDFs. Do not confuse this with Cisco’s separate CCNP Cybersecurity track (350-201 CBRCOR), which is a different matrix row.

Source: Cisco 200-201 CCNACBR v1.2 exam topics · checked 2026-07-20