Cisco CCNP Security Certification Practise Exam

Who it is for

• Security engineers preparing for the Cisco CCNP Security Certification (350-701 SCOR).
• Practitioners who need practice with core security technologies spanning network and cloud security, secure service edge, endpoint protection, and secure network access.

What this exam covers

• Security Concepts — 20%
• Network Security — 25%
• Cloud Security — 15%
• Secure Service Edge — 10%
• Endpoint Protection and Detection — 15%
• Network Access, Visibility, and Enforcement — 15%

What you will practice

• Explain threats, vulnerabilities, cryptography, VPN types, zero trust, and SAFE, and interpret Python API scripts for security appliances.
• Harden infrastructure, troubleshoot AAA, configure Cisco Secure Firewall (FTD) policies and VPNs, and select on-premises versus cloud management.
• Apply Cloud Shared Responsibility Models, select CASB and Cisco Multicloud Defense or Cisco Secure Workload, and describe DevSecOps and eBPF.
• Describe SSE and SASE, configure Cisco Secure Access internet and private access, and interpret Investigate scores with DLP and AI guardrails.
• Compare EPP and EDR, configure Cisco Secure Endpoint, interpret malware events, and describe Cisco Security Email Threat Defense.
• Configure 802.1X, MAB, and CoA with Cisco Identity Services Engine, and describe Cisco XDR, Splunk, and Cisco Duo in zero trust.

About this practice exam

The Cisco CCNP Security Certification exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of implementing and operating core security technologies, including network security, cloud security, secure service edge, endpoint protection and detection, network access, visibility, and enforcements. This practice exam prepares you for Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security, Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (350-701 SCOR) v2.0, across those six official domains.

The exam emphasizes practical skills for explaining threats, vulnerabilities, cryptography, and VPN types; configuring Cisco Secure Firewall (FTD) access control, infrastructure hardening, AAA, and VPNs with Cisco Secure Client; selecting cloud security models and solutions such as Cisco Multicloud Defense; configuring Cisco Secure Access for Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE); operating Cisco Secure Endpoint and email threat defense; and enforcing network access with Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco XDR, Splunk, and Cisco Duo. It does not primarily assess CCNP Security concentration exams such as Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls, Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine, email or web security specializations, VPN, or secure cloud access, CCIE Security lab-style full-scale implementation, or associate-only CCNA security fundamentals as the main objective.

The official Cisco CCNP Security core exam, Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (350-701 SCOR) v2.0, is 120 minutes. This independent practice exam is not the official test; the bank covers the official CCNP Security core domains and their published weights.

The certification validates understanding of:

• Security Concepts: attack threats against on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments; vulnerabilities including the OWASP top ten, CVEs, and CVSS; AI and large language model (LLM) weaknesses; phishing and social engineering controls; cryptography including public key infrastructure (PKI), Transport Layer Security (TLS), IPsec, and post-quantum cryptography; site-to-site and remote access VPN types including DMVPN, FlexVPN, and GETVPN; security intelligence; zero trust; defense in depth including Secure Architecture for Everyone (SAFE); and Python scripts that call security appliance APIs.
• Network Security: intrusion prevention and firewall deployment models; security monitoring and telemetry; infrastructure hardening with VLANs, security group tags (SGTs), port security, DHCP snooping, and Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI); management options including Cisco Security Cloud Control; CIS benchmarks for Cisco Secure Firewall (FTD) and Cisco IOS XE; TACACS+ and RADIUS AAA; SNMPv3, NETCONF, RESTCONF, secure syslog, and authenticated NTP; access control, application visibility and control (AVC), URL filtering, malware protection, and intrusion prevention on FTD; and site-to-site and remote access VPN with FTD and Cisco Secure Client.
• Cloud Security: Cloud Shared Responsibility Models; cloud security frameworks and policy management; public, private, hybrid, and community clouds; NIST 800-145 software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS); Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB); Cisco Multicloud Defense and Cisco Secure Workload; Splunk ingestion of cloud logging; application and workload security including extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF); and DevSecOps including infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration.
• Secure Service Edge: Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE); Cisco Secure Access Secure Internet Access and Secure Private Access; data loss prevention and AI guardrails; and Cisco Secure Access Investigate scores and indicators.
• Endpoint Protection and Detection: endpoint protection platforms (EPP) and endpoint detection and response (EDR); mobile device management (MDM) and asset inventory; endpoint posture assessment; Cisco Secure Client and Cisco Secure Malware Analytics; Cisco Secure Endpoint antimalware protection and malware detection events; and Cisco Security Email Threat Defense.
• Network Access, Visibility, and Enforcement: identity management and secure network access including guest services, profiling, posture assessment, and bring your own device (BYOD); device compliance and application control; 802.1X and MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) with Cisco Identity Services Engine; Change of Authorization (CoA); data exfiltration techniques; telemetry and AI/ML with Splunk and Cisco XDR; Cisco Duo in a zero-trust architecture including multifactor authentication (MFA), Device Trust, and Adaptive Access; and orchestrating security information and events with Splunk.