The Cisco CCIE Security v6.0 lab exam is an eight-hour, hands-on exam that requires a candidate to plan, design, deploy, operate, and optimize network security solutions to protect your network. Candidates are expected to program and automate the network within their exam, as per exam topics below.

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. Your knowledge, skills and abilities on these topics will be tested throughout the entire network lifecycle, unless explicitly specified otherwise within this document.

The exam is closed book and no outside reference materials are allowed.