Hybrid networks, zero‑trust requirements, and frequent security issues mean organizations need professionals who can design, secure, and troubleshoot their environments effectively. The Nutanix Certified Professional – Network & Security (NCP‑NS) 7 certification confirms the skills needed to work with Flow Virtual Networking and Flow Network Security in Prism Central.
Is This Certification Right for You?
You’ll be a strong fit for the NCP-NS certification if you have at least 2 years of networking or security experience and 6 months hands‑on with Nutanix Flow. Typical candidates are Network Engineers, Architects, and Security Admins who deploy, operate, and troubleshoot Flow in production. Completing the Nutanix Network & Security Administration (NNSA) course is recommended, but not required.
What You’ll Be Tested On
The NCP‑NS exam mirrors real‑world Flow operations across five domains. You’ll work through scenarios that span design, configuration, day‑2 ops, and troubleshooting, including:
- Configuring Flow Virtual Networking: build the core virtual network by creating VPCs, defining overlay networks, setting routes, and configuring NAT/No‑NAT connectivity. You’ll also work with BGP, load balancers, and policy‑based routing to ensure secure, reliable traffic flow.
- Configuring Flow Network Security: analyze application traffic, use monitor mode to capture flows, and convert them into effective security policies. This includes applying application, isolation, and VDI policies, integrating AD groups, and enabling syslog and service insertion for visibility and control.
- Day 2 Operations (Virtual Networking): maintain network performance by validating connectivity, monitoring gateway and BGP health, checking subnet extensions, and interpreting alerts and IPFIX data to keep traffic optimized and stable.
- Troubleshooting Network Security: resolve security‑related issues by reviewing Hit Logs, verifying policy memberships, identifying priority conflicts, and diagnosing service‑insertion or MTU‑based disruptions in traffic.
- Deploying and Upgrading Flow Environments: prepare clusters for Flow, confirm compatibility across components, configure MTU and traffic segmentation, plan upgrade sequences for controllers and gateways, and implement RBAC with appropriate system or custom roles.
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Get Started Now—Schedule Your Exam
The NCP-NS 7.5 exam is now open for scheduling, with appointments starting April 4, 2026. You can take the exam remotely or in-person at a PSI testing center.
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Get Certified with Confidence—Take the NNSA Course
Need a little prep before you dive in? Our new Nutanix Network and Security Administration (NNSA) online course has you covered. This new online course helps you confidently deploy and manage network segmentation and advanced network governance using Nutanix Flow. To help position you for success, the course equips you with the skills and knowledge to:
- Prepare an environment and deploy Nutanix Flow
- Configure key Flow constructs, including virtual private clouds (VPCs), BGP sessions, and security policies
- Configure and manage role‑based access control (RBAC)
- Identify, investigate, and troubleshoot common Flow issues
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With organizations facing a relentless threat cadence, practitioners who can segment workloads, operationalize zero‑trust, and keep hybrid connectivity resilient are indispensable. The NCP‑NS 7 certification validates precisely those capabilities, mapping directly to the job tasks Flow teams perform every day.
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