The module discusses fundamental concepts and principles of network security. The course covers basic security topics, including networking basics, network traffic signatures, cryptography, wireless networking, wireless security, firewalls, IDPSs, virtual private network, and web security.
Learning Objectives
Explain the fundamentals of TCP/IP networking, Describe IPv4, IPv6 packet structure and explain packet fragmentation, Explain the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) standard, Describe the concepts of signature analysis, Explain wireless communication concepts, Describe security solutions for wireless networking, Identify the components of an intrusion detection and prevention system, Describe common approaches to packet filtering, Explain basic VPN concepts, Explain considerations for planning VPN deployments, Describe options for VPN configurations, Explain attack techniques against Web sites and Web users, Explain methods for hardening Web and Internet resources, Improve network defense by changing a defense in depth configuration
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