In this course, you'll explore various types of attacks that can compromise a network, including DoS, insider threats, and ransomware. Also discover network device hardening techniques to reduce vulnerabilities and prepare for exam N10-007.
Learning Objectives
Network Attacks
- start the course
- summarize DoS attacks such as reflective, amplified, and distributed
- recognize social engineering
- recognize insider threats
- describe logic bombs and evil twin attacks
- describe wardriving and phishing
- recognize rogue access points and spoofing
- summarize DNS and ARP poisoning attacks
- describe ransomware
- summarize deauthentication and brute force attacks
- recognize VLAN hopping and man-in-the-middle attacks
- differentiate between exploits and vulnerabilities
Practice: Identify Network Attacks
- recognize various network attacks
Network Device Hardening
- choose strong passwords
- update firmware
- implement patches and updates
- implement file hashing
- disable unnecessary services
- implement secure protocols
- implement cryptography
- generate new keys
- disable unused ports such as IP ports and device ports
Practice: Hardening Network Devices
- implement network device hardening