CCNA or Cisco Certified Network Associate is an Information Technology certification from CISCO, the American multinational and leader in IT, networking and cyber security solutions. CCNA certification is an associate level Cisco Career Certification.

The content of the exams is propriety.

The CCNA certification is valid for a period of 3 years. Renewal of the certification requires the present holders to register and pass the same or higher level Cisco re certification exam every 3 years.

The topics include connecting to a WAN, implementing network security, network types, network media, routing and switching fundamentals, the TCP/IP and OSI models, IP addressing, WAN technologies, operating and configuring IOS devices, extending switched networks with VLANs, determining IP routes, managing IP traffic with access lists, and establishing point-to-point connections.