Cisco is pleased to announce that effective October 1, 2004, passing any CCIE written exam will recertify any associate-level, professional-level and Cisco Qualified Specialist certification. The policy to have CCIE written exams count towards recertifying other certifications will offer candidates the opportunity to pursue lifelong learning while ensuring that existing certifications remain current. Besides adding the CCIE written exam option, some other recent updates to the recertification policy include:

Candidates can now recertify the CCNP and/or CCDP certification, either by passing the 642-891 Composite exam, or by passing both the 642-801 BSCI and 642-811 BCMSN exams, or by passing a CCIE written exam.

Candidates can now recertify the CCIP certification, either by passing the 642-691 BGP+MPLS exam, or by passing both the 642-661 BGP and 642-611 MPLS exams, or by passing a CCIE written exam.

Candidates can now recertify the CCNA and/or CCDA certification either by passing the current exam for that certification, or by passing any 642 level professional or specialist exam (excluding Sales Specialist), or by passing a CCIE written exam.

For more details about the recertification policy visit http://www.cisco.com/go/recertification. Candidates interested in recertification should monitor this site for ongoing news on recertification. For individual questions and queries, please use the Certifications Online Support tool at http://www.cisco.com/go/certsupport.