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Network Security Support Fundamentals

CompTIA

Enhance your understanding of network security with the comprehensive Network Security Support Fundamentals course. Perfect for beginners or professionals, this course equips you with the knowledge to describe enterprise network basics, apply network security concepts, and understand cybersecurity controls.

Throughout this course, you'll delve into topics such as enterprise network infrastructure, cybersecurity risk management, authentication, encryption, application security, and disaster recovery. The course is designed to prepare you for the industry-standard CompTIA Security+ certification, providing a solid foundation for a cybersecurity career.

  • Gain insights into enterprise network fundamentals, including structured cabling, switches, access points, routers, and data centers.
  • Explore encryption techniques, VPNs, IoT, authentication, authorization, and accounting in the context of enterprise network applications.
  • Understand cybersecurity controls such as vulnerability management, incident response planning, intrusion detection, and disaster recovery.

With a focus on practical application, the course offers hands-on labs and assessments to reinforce your learning. Upon completion, you'll have the necessary knowledge to pursue CompTIA Security+ training, opening doors to lucrative entry-level cybersecurity positions.

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Network Security Support Fundamentals
Course Modules

Delve into the essentials of network security with the Network Security Support Fundamentals course modules. Explore enterprise campus network fundamentals, enterprise network application fundamentals, and cybersecurity controls.

Module 1: Enterprise Campus Network Fundamentals

The Enterprise Campus Network Fundamentals module provides a comprehensive understanding of structured cabling, switches, access points, routers, data centers, and defense in depth concepts. You'll also explore encryption basics, firewalls, intrusion detection, and disaster recovery. Hands-on practice quizzes and labs reinforce your learning to ensure a solid grasp of enterprise network fundamentals.

Module 2: Enterprise Network Application Fundamentals

Immerse yourself in the Enterprise Network Application Fundamentals module to gain insights into symmetric and asymmetric encryption, VPNs, IoT, authentication, authorization, and accounting. You'll also explore web application protocols, cloud computing, and wide area networks. Practice labs and assessments provide practical experience in validating network accounts, evaluating application protocol security, and deploying cloud VMs.

Module 3: Cybersecurity Controls

The Cybersecurity Controls module focuses on NMap scans, protocol analyzing with Wireshark, asset management, vulnerability management, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and incident response planning. Gain in-depth knowledge of intrusion detection and prevention systems, log collection, and security orchestration. Engage in hands-on labs to identify network assets and remediate security incidents for practical application of cybersecurity controls.

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