Every tested objective, covered — and the hundreds of pages of textbook filler, gone. These three Field Manuals distill the SCOR core plus both concentration paths into dense, blueprint-aligned reference you'll actually finish, so you study the right things and skip the rest. Get the whole path and save 20%, or start with the exam you're on now.
CCNP Security is two exams, not one — the SCOR core plus a concentration — and SCOR just expanded to v2.0 with AI, post-quantum, and Secure Access content. The real doubt isn't whether you're capable. It's whether you'll cover every objective before you have to sit down and prove it.
CCNP Security is two exams — the SCOR core ($400) plus one concentration ($300). Fail each once and you're out $700 in retakes, plus the wait before you can sit again. Most candidates fail at least once. That's real money you don't get back.
Re-studying the same 900-page textbook stack, the same late nights away from family — now with the doubt of a failed attempt on top. Each retry gets heavier, not easier.
SCOR 350-701 is now v2.0 — it adds AI/LLM threats, post-quantum crypto, QUIC/MASQUE, and Secure Access (SSE). Prep from a v1.x book and you'll walk in blind to what's newly tested.
The fear doesn't go away by reading another 200 pages. It goes away when you know exactly what's tested and exactly where to find it — with time to spare.
Most study guides ask you to trust a sales page. These are real pages from the manuals — the blueprint map, the lab-verified CLI, the EXAM TRAP callouts. Judge the density yourself.
▲ Actual pages from the 52-page SCOR 350-701 v2.0 manual. All three guides are built to the same standard.
Every concept in every guide solves a specific way the textbook approach has been costing you time, points, or confidence.
The SCOR v2.0 blueprint has six domains and Cisco can pull from any objective in them — and each concentration adds its own. Miss one, lose points you can't spare. Every Field Manual maps each objective to its section, in blueprint order, so you spot-check what you're shaky on and move on. No more “did I miss something?” at 2am.
You've burned an hour on a tutorial whose config didn't work — wrong prompt, outdated syntax. Every command block was run and verified by me. Not pseudo-code, not auto-docs — the exact CLI and show output you'd see on a live switch, ISE node, or FTD.
! 802.1X on the access port — actually tested Sw(config-if)# authentication port-control auto Sw(config-if)# dot1x pae authenticator Sw# show authentication sessions int g1/0/1 AUTHZ SUCCESS · dACL applied · SGT 10
You don't have time for theory — you need to know it, remember it, and recall it under pressure. Every topic follows the same rhythm: core concept in plain language, a NOTE with the mnemonic and the ‘why,’ real CLI you can lab tonight, and an EXAM TRAP for what Cisco actually tests. The rhythm your brain will thank you for at hour 47.
Security exams punish close-but-wrong answers: virus vs. worm vs. trojan, TACACS+ vs. RADIUS, SIA vs. SPA, an 802.1X session stuck before AUTHZ. Most who fail miss on these predictable distinctions, not on the hard stuff. Every topic ends with a red EXAM TRAP showing exactly where those points walk off. So they don't.
CCNP Security takes two exams: the SCOR core, then one concentration. The two most popular are SISE (Identity Services Engine) and SNCF (Secure Firewall) — so this bundle gives you the core plus both, at 20% off. Whichever one you take, you're already covered.
Read a full topic free first — same density, same formatting as the rest of the guide. What you see in the sample is exactly what you get.
Read a free SCOR sample →A quick note from the author: I'm Don. I hold two CCIEs, I've sat these exams, and I've coached engineers through them. I built these manuals because I was tired of watching sharp people fail — not for lack of brains, but because the textbook buries the small slice that's actually tested. This is that slice, and nothing else.
The core exam every CCNP Security candidate takes — and the CCIE Security qualifier. Six domains, every objective mapped, every trap flagged.
The Identity Services Engine concentration — the most popular CCNP Security path. 802.1X, MAB, TrustSec, BYOD, posture, TACACS+.
The Secure Firewall concentration — FMC, FTD, Snort, NGIPS, packet-path logic. The deepest hands-on guide of the three.
The Field Manuals are DRM-protected, watermarked PDFs. Your purchase unlocks the guide on one device, and printing is disabled — that's how I keep the material from being copied and passed around.
Studying across two machines? Add an additional-device license for $9.97 one-time and the same guide opens on a second device too.
Yes — every guide is aligned to the blueprint Cisco publishes for that exam. SCOR is on the v2.0 blueprint (all six domains, including the new AI, post-quantum, and Secure Access content); SISE is on 300-715 v1.2; SNCF is on 300-710 v1.2. Each includes a blueprint map linking every objective to its section.
If I correct or improve a guide, existing customers of that edition get the update free. When Cisco releases a new exam version, that's a new, separate guide — a new purchase, not a free upgrade.
CCNP Security requires the SCOR core exam plus one concentration. If you already know which concentration you're taking, you need SCOR plus that one guide. But most candidates are deciding between SISE and SNCF — and the bundle gives you the core plus both concentration paths for $84, saving $21 versus buying them separately. It's the safe pick if you haven't locked in your concentration yet.
Because I'd rather every engineer afford it before payday than price it like a $2,000 bootcamp. It's dense reference, priced to be a no-brainer — not because it's thin. Read the free sample and judge the density for yourself.
You get the guide instantly — your download is ready the moment checkout completes. Your DRM license follows shortly after by email: each copy is watermarked and keyed to you (that's what stops it being copied and resold), so the license is what activates your personal copy. You'll also receive a separate email that walks you through how to access and open your guide.
The guides open in the free Locklizard Safeguard Viewer. You install it once, activate your license, and from then on the guide opens with a double-click. Minimum versions:
Two things cause most of the "my license won't activate" emails I get. First: activate on the machine itself — not over VPN, RDP, Citrix, or a terminal-server session, which Locklizard blocks by design. Second: the Viewer needs outbound access on ports 80 and 443 to reach the licensing server, so a strict corporate firewall or endpoint agent can stall it. Activating from home usually clears both.
There is no Linux build of the installed Viewer. If a Linux box or a Chromebook is your only machine, email me before you buy and I'll tell you straight whether I can get you running.
Requirements checked against Locklizard's published downloads page and the current App Store / Google Play listings — August 2026.
Picture exam morning — no cramming, no second-guessing, because you've already seen exactly what's coming. Three guides, 162 pages, the entire CCNP Security core-plus-concentration roadmap.