The Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification validates students’ ability to design, implement and control local LANs to wide area networks in terms of the services that modern networks such as voice and video can offer in parallel with data transfer. The CCNP certification is suitable for those who have at least one year of networking experience and hold the CCNA certification. Those who succeed in the CCNP have demonstrated the skills required for operational roles such as network technician or network engineer.