Summary: <br> Following up CTS 204 (<a href="https://www.cleartosend.net/cts-204-cwnp-certifications/">https://www.cleartosend.net/cts-204-cwnp-certifications/</a>) where we talked about the different CWNP certifications, we invited <a href="https://twitter.com/carpentertom">Tom Carpenter</a> (CTO at CWNP) to come and talk about the new CWNP track.<br> <br> <br> <br> The new CWNP Track – The Rest of Wireless (IoT)<br> <br> <br> <br> In this episode Tom presents the new track, explain who is the target audience and share some behind stories on how they decided to create it.<br> <br> <br> <br> Multiple certificates will be part of this new track:<br> <br> <br> <br> * CWSA (to be renamed CWISA): Certified Wireless IoT System Administrator. This is the first level of certification and is already available today.* Certification Page: <a href="https://www.cwnp.com/certifications/cwsa">https://www.cwnp.com/certifications/cwsa</a>* Exam Objectives: <a href="https://www.cwnp.com/uploads/cwsa-101-objectives-2019.pdf">https://www.cwnp.com/uploads/cwsa-101-objectives-2019.pdf</a>* Study Guide: <a href="https://amzn.to/383FshV">https://amzn.to/383FshV </a>* CWICP (Certified Wireless IoT Connectivity Professional): covers the PHY of IoT wireless technologies (lower layers of the OSI models)* CWIIP (Certified Wireless IoT Integration Professional): covers the integration of these IoT systems to the enterprise network (higher layers of the OSI Model)* Design certification (not defined yet maybe CWIDP?): it will covers the design aspects<br> <br> <br> <br> CWICP & CWIIP should be ready for September 2020. A proctored beta class & exam will take place in August to finalized these new certifications. The JTAs (Job Task Analysis) took place last month.<br> <br> <br> <br> Updates on the Wi-Fi Track<br> <br> <br> <br> This year, CWNP will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of CWNA. A new version of the certification will be released later on this year.<br> <br> <br> <br> CWS, CWT, CWDP and CWAP will be refreshed in 2021 and CWSP will be refreshed in 2022.<br> <br> <br> <br> Reminder: the CWNE requirements changed with the introduction of the new track. Instead of needing 2 non-CWNP certifications, you will now need to get CWISA and 1 extra non-CWNP certification.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Last Chance<br> <br> <br> <br> * Last chance to participate to our Audience Survey is still running, please take a minute to give us feedback!* <a href="https://cleartosend.net/2019-survey">https://cleartosend.net/2019-survey</a>* Last chance to participate to the Wi-Fi Training giveaway (CWNA Lab WorkBook):* Go fill out the form here: <a href="https://www.cleartosend.net/what-we-learned-after-200-episodes/">https://www.cleartosend.net/what-we-learned-after-200-episodes/</a><br>
