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Cisco 400-251 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Cisco |
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| Exam Name: | CCIE Security Written Exam (SCOR v5.0) |
| Exam Number: | 400-251 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 90-110 (approx.) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Drag and drop, Multiple answer |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Related Certifications: | CCIE Security Lab Exam CCNP Security |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Passing Score: | 750/1000 (Cisco scaled scoring) |
| Exam Price: | USD 400 (approx., varies by region) |
| Recommended Training: | Cisco Press CCIE Security Study Resources Cisco Official CCIE Security Training |
| Exam Registration: | Cisco Certification Portal Pearson VUE Exam Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Computer-based exam at Pearson VUE test centers or online proctored exam (where available) |
| Pre Condition: | No formal prerequisites for the written exam, but CCNP Security level knowledge is strongly recommended before attempting CCIE Security certification track. |
Cisco 400-251 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
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| Topic 1: Security Automation and Programmability | - Infrastructure as code concepts
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| Topic 2: Network Security | - Threat defense
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| Topic 3: Security Concepts and Technologies | - Security protocols
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| Topic 4: VPN Technologies | - Site-to-site VPN
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| Topic 5: Infrastructure Security | - Device hardening
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| Topic 6: Identity and Access Management | - AAA services
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| Topic 7: Content and Endpoint Security | - Email and web security
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400-251 Exam FAQ: Before You Book Your Seat
Cisco CCIE Security Written Exam (v5.0) is an official Cisco exam, listed under exam code 400-251. A passing result earns you the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Security certification at the Expert level. It also ties into CCNP Security, CCIE Security Lab Exam, extending its value across your certification roadmap. Employers read this credential as verified competence, which is why it keeps appearing in job requirements.
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No formal prerequisites for the written exam, but CCNP Security level knowledge is strongly recommended before attempting CCIE Security certification track.
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The Cisco CCIE Security Written Exam (v5.0) syllabus spans 7 domains, led by Network Security, Content and Endpoint Security, and Security Automation and Programmability. The complete topic list is published above; candidates who study the map first rarely get lost later.
Cisco CCIE Security Written Exam (v5.0) Sample Questions:
In your Corporate environment, you have various Active Directory groups based o the organizational structure and would like to ensure that users are only able to access certain resources depending on which groups(s) they belong to.This policy should apply across the network. You have ISE, ASA and WSA deployed, and would like to ensure the appropriate policies are present to ensure access is only based on the user's group membership. Addionally, you don't want the user to authenticate multiple times to get access. Which two ploicies are used to set this up? (Choose two)
- A. Deploy ISE, intergrate it with Active Directory, and based on group membership authirize the user to specific VLANs. These VLANs. These VLANs (with specific subnets) should then be used in access policies on the ASA as well as the WSA.
- B. Deploy Cisco TrustSec Infrastructure, with ASA and WSA integrated with the ISE to transparently identity user based on SGT assignment. when the user authenticates to the network. The SGTs can then be used in access policies
- C. Configure ISE to relay learned SGTs for the authenticates sessions with the binded destination address using SXP ro SXp speakers that will be used to apply access policies at the traffic ingress point for segmentation
- D. Integrate ISE, ASA and WSA with Active Directory. Once user is authenticated to the network through ISE, the ASSA and WSA will automatically extract the identity information from AD to apply the appropriate access policies.
- E. Configure ISE as an SSO Service Provider, and integrate with ASA and WSA using pxGrid. ASA and WSA will be able to extract the relevant identity information from ISE to apply to the access policies once the user has authenticated to the network.
- F. Deploy a Single Sign-On Infrastructure such as Ping, and Integrate ISE, ASA and WSA with it. Access policies will be applied based on the user's group membership retrieved from the authentication Infrastructure.
Correct Answer: B,F 🗳️
Which requirement for the FTD high availability setup is true?
- A. Units must have DHCP configured for the interfaces
- B. Units must be configured in transparent mode
- C. Units must be synchronized using the same NTP source.
- D. Units can have any uncommitted changes on FMC and need not be fully deployed
- E. Units must not have the same major, minor, and maintenance software version running on them
- F. Units must be in different domains in FMC
- G. Units must be configured in routed mode
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
Which three of the following cryptographic algorithms meet the Next Generation Encryption (NGE) requirements for future-proof security and scalability? (Choose three)
- A. RSA 2048 for encryption
- B. SHA-256 for data integrity
- C. 3DES for encryption
- D. DH-2048 for key exchange
- E. AES 128 in GCM mode for encryption and authentication
- F. ECDH-384 for key exchange
Correct Answer: B,E,F 🗳️
Which statement is true regarding the failover link when ASAs are configured in a failover mode?
- A. The information sent over the failover link can only be sent as a secured communication
- B. The information sent over the failover link cannot be in clear text but it could be secured communication using a failover key
- C. Failover key is not required for the secure communication over the failover link
- D. It is not recommended to use secure communication over failover link when ASA terminating the VPN tunnel.
- E. The information sent over the failover link cannot be in clear text
- F. Configuration replication sent across the link can be secured using a failover key
Correct Answer: F 🗳️
Which three protocols are used by the management plane in a Cisco IOS device? (Choose three)
- A. HTTPS
- B. RIP
- C. Telnet
- D. TLS
- E. SSH
- F. DHCP
- G. 3DES
- H. CHAP
- I. PAP
Correct Answer: A,C,E 🗳️
