What the course covers
About this course map
Six domains, mapped one-for-one to the Cisco 200-301 CCNA exam topics and taught in the same order, so nothing on the exam is left uncovered.
The version that defines the current exam is CCNA v1.1. Cisco has published the next blueprint, v2.0, and set the changeover: 2 February 2027 is the last day of testing on v1.1, and v2.0 goes live for testing on 3 February 2027. Everything below is mapped to v1.1, which is the exam you will sit if you book before that date. If your exam date falls after the changeover, tell us when you enrol and we will place you on the v2.0 map instead — the two blueprints are structured differently, and studying the wrong one is an expensive mistake.
CCNA is a configuration exam. The questions are rarely satisfied by a definition; they give you output, or a topology, or a half-working config, and ask what is wrong or what comes next. The teaching follows that. Every domain below has lab time attached, on real IOS, with the console open in front of you rather than a slide of commands.
Domain 01 — Network Fundamentals
The vocabulary and the arithmetic that the other five domains assume you already have. 20% of the exam.
Domain 02 — Network Access
The access layer: VLANs, trunks, bundles, spanning tree and the wireless edge. 20% of the exam.
Domain 03 — IP Connectivity
The largest domain, and the heart of the exam: getting a packet from one subnet to another and proving it. 25% of the exam.
Domain 04 — IP Services
The services running alongside routing that keep a network usable and observable. 10% of the exam.
Domain 05 — Security Fundamentals
Enough security to secure a network properly — and enough to know when to call someone else. 15% of the exam.
Domain 06 — Automation and Programmability
The smallest domain, and the one most candidates leave until it is too late. 10% of the exam.
Who should take this
Network technicians and junior network engineers, help desk and support staff moving into networking, system administrators who have inherited the switches, and anyone entering security or cloud who needs the networking layer to stop being a black box.
Cisco sets no formal prerequisites for CCNA — anyone can book it. In practice you will get far more out of the week if you are comfortable with binary and with basic IP addressing, and have seen a command line before. We send a short pre-course refresher on subnetting when you enrol; work through it, because the class moves quickly past it.
The exam
The 200-301 CCNA is set and awarded by Cisco and delivered at Pearson VUE test centres and online.
The exam is purchased separately from Cisco. We arrange it on your behalf and send you the booking details, and you choose your own exam date.
How we deliver it
Five days, classroom or online live, or at your office for a private group. Roughly half the time is at the command line. Every delegate gets their own pod of real devices rather than sharing a demonstration, because the simulation questions are unforgiving of people who have only watched.
Domain checkpoints at the end of each day, a subnetting drill every morning until it is automatic, and a full-length mock under exam conditions on the final afternoon.
Mapped to the Cisco 200-301 CCNA v1.1 exam topics. Taught from Hacky Security's own curriculum and lab estate by instructors who build and run production networks. These are our own preparation courses; they are not official Cisco courseware and we are not a Cisco Learning Partner.
Exam & certification
- 1Train with us40 hours of instructor-led preparation, labs and practice questions.
- 2Sit the official examExam voucher sold separately. We buy it from the certification body on your behalf and send you the code — you book your own exam date.
- 3Get certifiedThe certification is awarded by Cisco when you pass their exam.
What you receive
- Cisco certification — issued by Cisco after you pass, and verifiable with them.
- Hacky Security certificate of completion — for the training itself, with a unique ID.
- Checkable by employers — anyone can confirm our certificate on the Verify page.
This course is Hacky Security’s own preparation training. The certification itself is awarded by Cisco, not by us.
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Hacky Security is a Cisco Learning Partner. This course is delivered from Hacky Security's own curriculum; the certification itself is awarded by Cisco. Certification names and codes are the trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to describe what this course prepares you for.
