Sun’s exam CX-310-301, “Sun Certified Security Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment” is the only requirement for the Sun Certified Security Administrator for the Solaris Operating Environment certification. It is designed for candidates with “six to twelve months security administration job-role experience” and who have a previous Solaris OE and network administration certification. Although Sun does not list a “Sun Certified System Administrator” (SCSA) certification or a “Sun Certified Network Administrator” (SCNA) certification as prerequisites, these would be logical certifications to hold before taking on this security certification.

This exam costs $150 USD and may be taken from Thomson Prometric.

The pass score for this multiple choice, drag and drop, and matching exam is 60%. There are 60 questions and the exam lasts 90 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

• General Security Concepts
• Detection and Device Management
• Security Attacks
• File and System Resources Protection
• Host and Network Prevention
• Network Connection Access, Authentication, and Encryption