JNCIA-SEC certification
The Security track enables you to demonstrate a thorough understanding of security technology in general and Junos OS software for SRX Series devices. JNCIA-SEC, the associate-level certification in this track, is designed for networking professionals with beginner-intermediate knowledge of the Juniper Networks Junos OS for SRX Series devices. The written exam verifies your understanding of security technologies and related platform configuration and troubleshooting skills.
Exam Objectives
Here’s a high-level view of the skillset required to successfully complete the JNCIA-Sec certification exam.
SRX Series Devices
Identify concepts or general features of SRX Series devices
- Interfaces
- Hardware
- Initial configuration
- Traffic flow/security processing
- vSRX
Junos Security Objects
Identify concepts or general functionality of security zone, screen, address, or services objects
- Zones
- Screens
- Addresses/address books
Security policies
Describe the concepts, benefits, or operation of security policies
- Zone-based policies
- Global policies
- Application firewall
- Unified security policies
- IPS/IDP
- Integrated user firewall
Juniper Advanced Threat Protection
Identify the concepts, benefits, or operation of Juniper ATP Cloud
- General operation
- Blocking mechanisms
Network Address Translation
Describe the concepts, benefits, or operation of NAT
- Source NAT
- Destination NAT
- Static NAT
Unified Threat Management
Identify the concepts, benefits, or operation of UTM
- Content filtering
- Web filtering
- Antivirus
- Antispam
IPsec
Identify the concepts, benefits, or operation of IPsec VPNs
- IPsec tunnel establishment
- IPsec traffic processing
- IPsec site-to-site VPNs
- Juniper Secure Connect
Monitoring/Reporting and Troubleshooting
Describe methods for monitoring, reporting, or logging for Juniper security solutions
- J-Web
- Sky Enterprise
- Junos Space Security Director
Exam Details
Exam questions are derived from the recommended training and the exam resources listed above. Pass/fail status is available immediately after taking the exam. The exam is only provided in English.
Exam Code
- JN0-231
Prerequisite Certification
- None
Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
Exam Length
- 90 minutes
Exam Type
- 65 multiple-choice questions
Software Versions
- Junos OS 21.2