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CCNP Security

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RANK #22 / 100 INVEST DEMAND 88 2026-Q3 DATA
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Your benchmark against real contributors — the median beside top-of-band, plus stacking uplift and vintage decay.

What the verdict means

INVESTAppreciating — hold it and stack an AI-adjacent cert
DEMAND 88Relative hiring demand for CCNP Security this quarter — join free to see it.

The analyst note

The read

Cisco's professional security track and it's holding its value as network security converges with zero-trust architecture. Cisco's install base guarantees a deep pool of employers.

Who holds it

Network security engineers who run firewalls, ISE, secure access and, increasingly, SASE deployments. They work at enterprises with Cisco estates, at carriers, and at managed security providers.

The case for the verdict

Growth in security demand carries this one even as pure networking certs plateau — the security specialization is what sets it apart from CCNP Enterprise. From here it stacks toward CCIE Security or CISSP.

The risk

The exposure is a shift in architecture: as security control moves to cloud-delivered platforms, Cisco's box-centric heritage starts to look dated, and the cert's value tracks how well Cisco handles that move.

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Where it sits

Top 25% of the CertBueno Top 100.

This certification pays 16% above the rest of the Top 100.

Vendor

One of 4 Cisco certifications in the Top 100 — ranked 1st among them.

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