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Cisco COP

Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional

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Exam fee

$300

Ongoing

30 CPE/yr

Study time

120–240 hrs

Delivery

Test center

Validity

3 yrs (renewal cycle)

› Quality score

27.0 / 40

Four-axis SecProve rubric, each 0–10. SecProve editorial assessment — each axis carries a written justification so you can push back on any single call without dismissing the whole score.

Blueprint rigor

How well-defined and rigorous the exam blueprint is.

Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Professional — public ECO scoped to SecOps.

7.0/10

Practical evidence

Hands-on labs / written reports vs pure MCQ.

Scenario items with telemetry analysis; some PBQ-style work.

6.0/10

Currency & upkeep

How aggressively content is kept current with the field.

Refreshed alongside Cisco SOC tooling roadmap.

8.0/10

Market recognition

How often this signal actually moves a hiring decision.

Recognised inside Cisco-trained SOCs; narrower than GCIH outside.

6.0/10

› Exam format

Multiple-choice + Lab simulations, 120 minutes. Proctored via Pearson VUE.

Passing score

Variable (~825/1000 scaled)

Retake policy

Fee: $300 per attempt

Wait: 5d between attempts

5-day wait between attempts (varies by exam level).

› Recertification

Valid for 3 years. CE credits or re-exam.

› NICE Framework work roles

The NIST NICE work-role IDs this cert maps to. NICCS lookup.

PD-WRL-001PD-WRL-003IO-WRL-004

Recognition

Global

Exam languages

› Core domains covered

The 2 domains this cert is centrally about. Passing the exam demonstrates working knowledge of each.

A10Security Operations

SOC operations, SIEM tuning, SOAR playbooks, alert triage, log analysis, runbook development.

A11Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting

SIGMA/YARA/Suricata rule writing, hypothesis-driven hunting, log deep-dives, detection gap analysis.

› Prerequisites

Experience

No formal prerequisites. Recommended: CCNA or equivalent.

› Study materials

Curated starting points. Not exhaustive — vet each against your learning style and the current exam version.

Official guides

Official Cert Guide (CCNP CyberOps) — Cisco Press

Training providers

Cisco Authorized Learning Partners
INE / CBT Nuggets / ND Pro

Practice tests

Pearson Test Prep Practice Tests
Boson ExSim-Max

Free / community

Cisco Learning Network (free)
Jeremy IT Lab YouTube (free)

› Version & lifecycle

Current version

CBRCOR + CBRFIR (2023)

Released

2023-09

› Salary signal

SOC engineer / SecureX-certified analyst, US, 4-6 years.

$110K–$165K

median $135K

Robert Half Salary Guide · 2024 · US base only · p25–p75 range

› How it compares

CCNP Sec

Cisco CyberOps is SOC operator; CCNP Security is network security engineer. Different roles.

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