[ncc-announce] [news] Announcing the BGP Security Associate Exam

Dear colleagues,

It took us a bit longer than anticipated, but we’re pleased to announce that our latest RIPE NCC Certified Professionals badge, BGP Security Associate, is now available. We invite you to use your exam vouchers to schedule our newest exam. The BGP Security Associate certification is intended for individuals who understand the common causes of BGP incidents and the current best practices to prevent them.

This exam certifies the ability to:
- Evaluate the security vulnerabilities of BGP Internet routing
- Implement security measures for protecting BGP speakers and BGP sessions
- Identify best current practices for BGP route filtering
- Register information in the Internet Routing Registry (IRR) system
- Implement RPKI and use its data to validate BGP announcements

Read more about the exam at:
https://getcertified.ripe.net/badge/bgp-security/

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Voucher Validity
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Each LIR is entitled to receive three exam vouchers in a calendar year. The expiry date was originally set to 31 December 2022. We understand that some of you might have saved up your vouchers to use for the BGP Security certification, and therefore, we have extended the validity of the vouchers by two months. 

*Your vouchers are valid until 28 February 2023. You can use your vouchers until this date, and exams can be scheduled until 31 March 2023.*

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Find Your Vouchers
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The vouchers assigned to your LIR (both those used and those still available) can be found by navigating to the Dashboard after logging in to the RIPE NCC Academy:
https://academy.ripe.net

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Schedule Your Exam
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You can find instructions on scheduling your exam at:
https://getcertified.ripe.net/schedule-an-exam/

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Take the BGP Security e-learning course
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You can prepare for the exam by taking our free online course, available in the RIPE NCC Academy. This course includes hands-on exercises in our virtual labs. Start learning at:
https://academy.ripe.net/bgp-security

Finally, we would like to thank all the community members who contributed to creating this certification by writing questions and sharing their feedback. We will continue to fine tune the questions based on input received, so please do share your thoughts if you take any of our exams.

Kind regards,

The Exams Team
RIPE NCC

P.S. Of course we also have brand new t-shirts to give away to our RIPE NCC Certified BGP Security Associates!