An official self-study guide offers comprehensive coverage of the new CCNP ISCW 642-825 exam (Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks), testing essential knowledge and skills on such topics as expansion of an enterprise network, ensuring remote access and security, VPN client configuration, Cisco device hardening, IOS firewall features, and more, with two hundred practice questions on CD-ROM. (Advanced)
Brian Morgan, CCIE No. 4865, is a consulting systems engineer for Cisco, specializing in Unified Communications technologies. He services a number of Fortune 500 companies in architectural, design, and support roles. With more than 15 years in the networking industry, he has served as director of engineering for a large telecommunications company, is a certified Cisco instructor teaching at all levels, from basic routing and switching to CCIE lab preparation, and spent a number of years with IBM Network Services serving many of IBM’s largest clients. He is a former member of the ATM Forum and a long-time member of the IEEE.
Neil Lovering , CCIE No. 1772, works as a design consultant for Cisco. Neil has been with Cisco for more than three years and works on large-scale government networking solutions projects. Prior to Cisco, Neil was a network consultant and instructor for more than eight years and worked on various routing, switching, remote connectivity, and security projects for many customers all over North America.