New CCIE Security Lab Exam Available April 20, 2009
According to learning@cisco the updated version of the CCIE Security Lab Exam will be made available April 20, 2009.
As previously announced, Cisco has refreshed the exam with the latest Cisco equipment and software to mirror the job knowledge and skills needed by security professionals.
In other words, they updated it to meet current vode versions and hardware that you probably are using in production.
Also a continued emphasis has been placed on troubleshooting to recognize the operating challenges faced by IT departments.
So what does that mean for you? Well if you are a candidate scheduling your lab after April 20, 2009 you should prepare using the CCIE Lab Exam v3.0 Overview, the CCIE Security Lab Exam Blueprint and the CCIE Security Lab Exam v3.0 Equipment and Software Overview. Each of these can be located at http://www.cisco.com/go/ccie. However, if you are a candidates testing prior to mid- April 20, 2009 should continue using the v2.0 blueprint