Cisco says there's no CCIE amnesty program

Cisco sends official response to my inquiries about CCIE amnesty.

Last month I noticed that a CCIE amnesty program was being promoted all over the Internet:

Google search results for:

CCIE amnesty program

Scanning the Google search results, I found no direct links to Cisco that would provide further information about the CCIE amnesty program.

So I contacted Cisco directly to learn more about the program and received the following official Cisco response from Cara Sloman (Cara works closely with Terry Alberstein - Cisco's PR Czar who handles the most "delicate" PR issues for Cisco):

"Hi Brad, there is no CCIE Amnesty program in place. The post referred to is not representative of Cisco policy."

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What's your take on this nonexistent CCIE Amnesty program that's being promoted all over the Internet?

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• CCIE amnesty program
• CCIE amnesty program was being promoted all over the Internet
• Cisco sends official response to my inquiries about CCIE amnesty
• I contacted Cisco directly to learn more about the program
• Nonexistent CCIE Amnesty program that's being promoted all over the Internet
• Official Cisco response from Cara Sloman
• PR issues for Cisco
• Received the following official Cisco response
• Terry Alberstein - Cisco's PR Czar
• The post referred to is not representative of Cisco policy
• There is no CCIE Amnesty program in place
• View more CCIE Water Cooler Gossip