Cisco公司最近发布了12项新的专业化认证，这也算得上是自2001年Cisco设立Cisco Qualified Specialist certification以来最大的变动。新增的专业化认证中大部分都是面对渠道合作伙伴的，但也有部分适合IT职业认证。
新增Cisco Qualified Specialist认证列表
- Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Design Specialist
- Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Field Specialist
- Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Sales Specialist
- Cisco Security Solutions and Design Specialist
- Cisco Advanced Security Field Specialist
- Cisco Security Sales Specialist
- Cisco Routing and Switching Solutions Specialist
- Cisco Routing and Switching Field Specialist
- Cisco Routing and Switching Sales Specialist
- Cisco Foundation Design Specialist
- Cisco Foundation Field Specialist
- Cisco Foundation Sales Specialist
就像其他Cisco专业认证一样，这些新增的认证项目需要1到4门考试，通常还需要考生先获得例如象CCNA之类的认证才能报考。每门考试费用为125美元，可以在任何一个Prometric和Vue考试中心报名参加。
根据统计Cisco专业化认证是在2001年出炉的，加上这12门新认证，现在总数达到了36项。