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Wireshark for Beginners
This is an intense, 3-day Instructor-Led Wireshark class for Beginners. Students will cover over 400 pages of Wireshark material over three days. This course begins with the core tasks and techniques for TCP/IP analysis IP, TCP, UDP, ARP, DHCP, HTTP, ICMP and moves into CGRCture and analysis techniques to spot the most common network problems. Students will immediately be able to use Wireshark to complete tasks in the real world. Wireshark is the world's most popular network analysis tool and also named one of the most important open source apps of all time. Wireshark runs on Windows, MAX OS X, and NIX. 40+ hands-on labs will be covered during the week as well. This is a very intensive hands-on lab boot camp. Additional Wireshark Troubleshooting topics are covered as well during the week. The instructor will help the students load the latest release of Wireshark. This 3-day boot camp is geared for the Government, Military and Contractors seeking 8140 compliance. Classes are scheduled across the USA and also live online.
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Training includes:
- The top Wireshark training in the industry
- Instruction by a high-level Certified Wireshark expert
- Wireshark Courseware - continually updated
- Practice and skill development
- Hands-on training
- Class hours: 8:30 - 4:30 daily
- Snacks and Beverages provided daily
- There is no exam associated with this course
- Follow on course - WCNA
Course Overview
Overall Proficiency Level
1 - Basic
Course Catalog Number
WireBeg
Course Prerequisites
Students should already have a working, user-level knowledge of an operating system such as Linux, Windows, or Mac OS as well as some exposure to Wireshark.
Training Purpose
Skill Development
Specific Audience
Federal Employee
Contractor
Academia
General Public
Delivery Method
Classroom
Online, Instructor-Led
Course Locations
Boca Raton, FL
San Diego, CA
Colorado Springs, CO
Columbia, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Dulles, VA
Huntsville, AL
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the Wireshark for beginners course, you will demonstrate competence and learn to master:
- Explore key Wireshark elements and traffic flows
- Customize Wireshark views and settings
- Determine best capture method apply capture filters
- Apply display filters to focus on specific traffic
- Color and export interesting packets
- Build and interpret tables and graphs
- Reassemble traffic for faster analysis
- Add comments to your trace files and packets
- Use command-line tools to capture, split, and merge
- Use efficient troubleshooting methods
- Additional troubleshooting topics
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):
Competency Areas
Feedback
If you would like to provide feedback on this course, please e-mail the NICCS team at NICCS@mail.cisa.dhs.gov. Please keep in mind that NICCS does not own this course or accept payment for course entry. If you have questions related to the details of this course, such as cost, prerequisites, how to register, etc., please contact the course training provider directly. You can find course training provider contact information by following the link that says “Visit course page for more information...” on this page.
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