• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Continuous network monitoring is instrumental in obtaining peak performance. Explore monitoring concepts, including event logs, alerts, and patch management. Also, discover remote access methods, such as VPNs, RDP, SSH, VNC, and telnet.

Learning Objectives

Scanning, Monitoring, and Patching

  • start the course
  • describe common processes such as log reviewing, port scanning, and vulnerability scanning
  • describe common maintenance tasks such as patch management, rollback, reviewing baselines, and packet/traffic analysis
  • describe common event management processes such as notifications, alerts, and SIEM
  • recognize and describe common SNMP monitor processes such as MIB
  • describe common metrics such as error rate, utilization, packet drops, and bandwidth/throughput

Practice: Maintenance and Monitoring

  • implement patch management, event monitoring, and notifications

Remote Access Methods

  • use a VPN including IPsec, SSL/TLS/DTLS, site-to-site, and client-to-site in a scenario
  • use RDP in a scenario
  • use SSH in a scenario
  • use VNC in a scenario
  • use telnet in a scenario
  • use an HTTPS management URL in a scenario
  • use remote file access such as FTP/FTPS, SFTP, and TFTP
  • use out-of-band management such as a modem or console router

Practice: Configuring Remote Access

  • configure remote access methods in a given scenario

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):

Specialty Areas

  • Cyber Defense Analysis
  • Network Services
  • Systems Administration
  • Technology R&D

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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