Certified Network Defender | CND Training Course
The Certified Network Defender (CND) is a vendor-neutral, instructor-led, hands-on comprehensive network security certification training program. It is a skills-based, lab-intensive program grounded in the security education framework and work role task analysis presented by the National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF), as well as the job-task analysis and cybersecurity education framework established by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). The course content has also been aligned with global job roles and the Department of Defense (DoD) job roles for system/network administrators.
This program equips network administrators with the ability to identify which parts of an organization require review and testing for security vulnerabilities, as well as how to reduce, prevent, and mitigate risks within the network. CND covers the protect, detect, respond, and predict approach to network security.
CND Course Benefits:
- Focused coverage of IoT security
- Network virtualization practices for the remote workforce
- Enhanced Cloud Security & IoT and Operational Technology (OT) modules
- Introduction to threat intelligence
- In-depth Attack Surface Analysis
Course Outline
- Module 01: Network Attacks and Defense Strategies
- Module 02: Administrative Network Security
- Module 03: Technical Network Security
- Module 04: Network Perimeter Security
- Module 05: Endpoint Security-Windows Systems
- Module 06: Endpoint Security-Linux Systems
- Module 07: Endpoint Security-Mobile Devices
- Module 08: Endpoint Security-IoT Devices
- Module 09: Administrative Application Security
- Module 10: Data Security
- Module 11: Enterprise Virtual Network Security
- Module 12: Enterprise Cloud Network Security
- Module 13: Enterprise Wireless Network Security
- Module 14: Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis
- Module 15: Network Logs Monitoring and Analysis
- Module 16: Incident Response and Forensic Investigation
- Module 17: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Module 18: Risk Anticipation with Risk Management
- Module 19: Threat Assessment with Attack Surface Analysis
- Module 20: Threat Prediction with Cyber Threat Intelligence
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The trainer had an excellent knowledge of fortigate and delivered the content very well. Thanks a lot to Soroush.
Colin Donohue - Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
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