Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security
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Professional-level security credential. Earned by passing the SCOR 350-701 core exam plus one concentration exam of your choice — the core alone confers Cisco Certified Specialist – Security Core.
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Built from this exam's published objectives. The first module is free.
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.
What this qualifies you for
Listed specifically for 4 work roles — up to Advanced proficiency. Because options cascade downward, a cert listed at Advanced also satisfies Intermediate and Basic for that role.
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.
Renewal
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
Professional level requires 80 CE credits, not the 30 an Associate-level Cisco certification needs.
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.
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.
350-701 SCOR · v1.1
Current · until 2026-08-26120 minutes · Cisco does not publish question count or passing score
Last day of testing is 2026-08-26; v2.0 is testable from 2026-08-27. Cisco is retiring three concentration exams the same day (SESA 300-720, SWSA 300-725, SVPN 300-730), so a candidate part-way through CCNP Security may lose the concentration they were studying for, not just the core.
Source: Cisco 350-701 SCOR v1.1 exam topics · checked 2026-07-20
350-701 SCOR · v2.0
Announced · live 2026-08-27120 minutes · Cisco does not publish question count or passing score
A reorganization, not a refresh: Content security is dropped entirely and replaced by Secure service edge, and the top two weights swap. Anyone studying v1.1 material for a v2.0 sitting will prepare 15% of the exam that no longer exists.
Source: Cisco 350-701 SCOR v2.0 exam topics · checked 2026-07-20