CCNP Security (350-701 SCOR) Practice Exam
The Cisco 350-701 SCOR exam evaluates your proficiency in implementing and operating fundamental security technologies, covering areas such as:
- Network security
- Cloud security
- Content security
- Endpoint protection and detection
- Secure network access
- Visibility and enforcement
Who should take the exam?
The CCNP Security (350-701 SCOR) exam is designed for individuals who want to demonstrate their advanced knowledge and skills in implementing and operating core security technologies for Cisco networks. This includes:
- Network Security Engineers
- Security Administrators
- Network Architects
- IT professionals seeking career advancement
Exam Details
- Exam Code: 350-701 SCOR
- Exam Name: CCNP Security
- Exam Languages: English and Japanese
- Time Duration: 120 minutes
- Cost: $400 USD
CCNP Security Exam Course Outline
The Exam covers the given topics -
Topic 1: Overview of Security
1.1 Explain common threats against on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments
1.2 Compare common security vulnerabilities such as software bugs, weak and/or hardcoded passwords, OWASP top ten, missing encryption ciphers, buffer overflow, path traversal, cross-site scripting/forgery
1.3 Describe functions of the cryptography components such as hashing, encryption, PKI, SSL, IPsec, NAT-T IPv4 for IPsec, preshared key, and certificate-based authorization
1.4 Compare site-to-site and remote access VPN deployment types and components such as virtual tunnel interfaces, standards-based IPsec, DMVPN, FlexVPN, and Cisco Secure Client including high availability considerations
1.5 Describe security intelligence authoring, sharing, and consumption
1.6 Describe the controls used to protect against phishing and social engineering attacks
1.7 Explain North Bound and South Bound APIs in the SDN architecture
1.8 Explain Cisco DNA Center APIs for network provisioning, optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting
1.9 Interpret basic Python scripts used to call Cisco Security appliances APIs
Topic 2: Understand Network Security 20%
2.1 Compare network security solutions that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
2.2 Describe deployment models of network security solutions and architectures that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
2.3 Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow records
2.4 Configure and verify network infrastructure security methods
2.5 Implement segmentation, access control policies, AVC, URL filtering, malware protection, and intrusion policies
2.6 Implement management options for network security solutions (single vs. multidevice manager, in-band vs. out-of-band, cloud vs. on-premises)
2.7 Configure AAA for device and network access such as TACACS+ and RADIUS
2.8 Configure secure network management of perimeter security and infrastructure devices such as SNMPv3, NetConf, RestConf, APIs, secure syslog, and NTP with authentication
2.9 Configure and verify site-to-site and remote access VPN
Topic 3: Learn about Securing the Cloud 15%
3.1 Identify security solutions for cloud environments
3.2 Compare security responsibility for the different cloud service models
3.3 Describe the concept of DevSecOps (CI/CD pipeline, container orchestration, and secure software development)
3.4 Implement application and data security in cloud environments
3.5 Identify security capabilities, deployment models, and policy management to secure the cloud
3.6 Configure cloud logging and monitoring methodologies
3.7 Describe application and workload security concepts
Topic 4: Understand Content Security 15%
4.1 Implement traffic redirection and capture methods for web proxy
4.2 Describe web proxy identity and authentication including transparent user identification
4.3 Compare the components, capabilities, and benefits of on-premises, hybrid, and cloudbased email and web solutions (Cisco Secure Email Gateway, Cisco Secure Email Cloud Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance)
4.4 Configure and verify web and email security deployment methods to protect onpremises, hybrid, and remote users
4.5 Configure and verify email security features such as SPAM filtering, antimalware filtering, DLP, blocklisting, and email encryption
4.6 Configure and verify Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway and web security features such as blocklisting, URL filtering, malware scanning, URL categorization, web application filtering, and TLS decryption
4.7 Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of Cisco Umbrella
4.8 Configure and verify web security controls on Cisco Umbrella (identities, URL content settings, destination lists, and reporting)
Topic 5: Learn about Endpoint Protection and Detection 10%
5.1 Compare Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) solutions
5.2 Configure endpoint antimalware protection using Cisco Secure Endpoint
5.3 Configure and verify outbreak control and quarantines to limit infection
5.4 Describe justifications for endpoint-based security
5.5 Describe the value of endpoint device management and asset inventory systems such as MDM
5.6 Describe the uses and importance of a multifactor authentication (MFA) strategy
5.7 Describe endpoint posture assessment solutions to ensure endpoint security
5.8 Explain the importance of an endpoint patching strategy
Topic 6: Understand Secure Network Access, Visibility, and Enforcement 15%
6.1 Describe identity management and secure network access concepts such as guest services, profiling, posture assessment and BYOD
6.2 Configure and verify network access control mechanisms such as 802.1X, MAB, WebAuth
6.3 Describe network access with CoA
6.4 Describe the benefits of device compliance and application control
6.5 Explain exfiltration techniques (DNS tunneling, HTTPS, email, FTP/SSH/SCP/SFTP, ICMP, Messenger, IRC, NTP)
6.6 Describe the benefits of network telemetry
6.7 Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of these security products and solutions