• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led

Certified Network Defender (CND) is designed by industry experts to help IT Professionals play an active role in the protection of digital business assets and detection and Response to Cyber Threats, while leveraging Threat Intelligence to Predict them before they happen. This is network security course designed to help organizations create and deploy the most comprehensive network defense system. The program prepares network administrators how to identify what parts of an organization need to be reviewed and tested for security vulnerabilities and how to reduce, prevent, and mitigate risks in the network. CND covers the protect, detect, respond and predict approach to network security.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize network security management, policies, and procedures.
  • Run Windows and Linux security administration.
  • Determine mobile and IoT device security.
  • Apply data security techniques.
  • Embed virtualization technology security and cloud and wireless security.
  • Deploy risk assessment tools. · Define the basics of first response and forensics.
  • Recognize the indicators of compromise, attack, and exposures (IoC, IoA, IoE).
  • Build threat intelligence capabilities.
  • Establish and monitor log management.
  • Implement endpoint security.
  • Configure firewall solutions.
  • Identify IDS/IPS technologies.
  • Establish network authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):