Is your organization using or planning to use wireless LANs? Do you have a Microsoft or Cisco certification? Do you know if your wireless LAN is secure? Do you, your employees or your co-workers want to learn wireless? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to know about the Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) program.

Why? Because the wireless networking industry is the fastest-growing segment of technology, and has been for the past three years, despite the economy. Wireless is at your favorite coffee shop, in airports, hotels—everywhere. And the CWNP program is at Fortune 500 companies, Global 1000 companies, in all major industries—everywhere. What Microsoft did for operating systems, what Cisco did for networking, the CWNP program is doing for wireless LANs.

CWNP Certifications
Today, the CWNP program has grown to three certification exams, along with supporting courses, study guides and practice tests. There are now CWNP-certified individuals who have earned at least one CWNP certification in more than 50 countries around the world. Most, if not all, of these IT professionals also hold at least one other networking certification such as the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Network+. These are the networking professionals who pull the cables, build the servers, configure the routers and switches, and whose lives are already–or will soon be–overrun by wireless networking technologies.

All CWNP exams are available at Prometric Authorized Testing Centers worldwide. The following is an overview of the CWNP program’s available certifications.
• CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator is the foundation-level wireless LAN certification for the industry-standard CWNP program.
• CWSP: Certified Wireless Security Professional demonstrates advanced knowledge of securing wireless LANs. CWSP builds on the foundation of wireless LAN knowledge from the CWNA certification by educating the candidate about the security threats to and weaknesses of wireless LANs.
• CWAP: Certified Wireless Analysis Professional certification is an advanced wireless LAN certification, focusing entirely on the analysis and troubleshooting of wireless LAN systems.