The set of links I keep looking for and forget that I have:
Cisco Certification Related
- CCIE / CCDE Validation Tool – Looking to check on someone’s status? You’ll need a Cisco login, and then some other perform some lookups.
- Cisco U’s Catalog – Looking to Learn a bit more? Take a look through Cisco U’s available catalog of Courses. There are some courses to give you Continuing Education credits for Recert, as well as some to help scratch a tech itch.
- Cert Metrics / Certification Status (Non-CCIE/CCDE) – Looking to check your progress on your Associate, Professional or Specialist Level Certification(s)? Take a peek here after you login.
- CCIE Portal / CCIE Lab Scheduler / Certification Status (for CCIE / CCDE Holders) – Looking to check your progress on your Expert Level Certification(s)? Take a peek here after you login.
- Cisco Continuing Education (Cisco CE) Portal – After logging in, you can take a peek at your CE progress toward recertification or just in general to grab some professional development and list it out on your own site… Like I did here: Professional Development – Courses Taken aka “Additional Schooling”
- Cisco Certification Roadmap – Looking to see updates? check out Cisco’s site for the latest, and here is the cisco live doc from 2025 to show you the
Palo Alto Networks Related
PAN-OS, GlobalProtect & User-ID: Preferred Release Guidance from Support Perspective – Looking for what version of PAN-OS, Global Protect or User-ID agent is “gold star adjacent”? You’ll have to login with you palo creds, but the info is all right there for you.
updated: 2026.08.29
