Cisco Network Security: Safeguarding Network Integrity and Data

Network security includes any activity designed to protect the usability and integrity of your network and data from threats. This learning path covers key Cisco network security skills needed to ensure that authorized users can gain access to network resources, but malicious actors are blocked.

Master the skills required to secure Cisco networks.
Learn how to develop a security infrastructure.
Understand key principles that affect your security posture.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Cisco Network Security: Core Security Concepts
-Review the essential terms and concepts you need to know to effectively secure Cisco networks.

Course 2: Cisco Network Security: Secure Access
-Learn about Cisco network management, secure device access, and protocols such as NTP, SCP, and SNMP.

Course 3: Cisco Network Security: VPN
-Learn essential Cisco concepts and strategies for creating secure encrypted connections, using remote access and site-to-site virtual private networks (VPNs).

Course 4: Cisco Network Security: Secure Routing and Switching
-Learn how to secure Cisco routers and switches, mitigate Layer 3 and Layer 2 attacks, and secure a VLAN.

Course 5: Cisco Network Security: Cisco Firewall Technologies
-Get an overview of essential Cisco firewall technologies, from firewall architecture to firewall security contexts and the basics of firewall configuration.

Course 6: Cisco Network Security: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
-Review the fundamentals of intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems (IDS/IPS), how they detect and mitigate common attacks, and the practical applications of IDS/IPS.

Course 7: Cisco Network Security: Content and Endpoint Security
-Prepare for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security exam 210-260. Review key concepts and confidently tackle the Content and Endpoint Security section of the exam.