Certified Network Defender (CND) Certification Training

CND On-Demand Course Outline

• Network Defender Fundamentals

  Classifying threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks

  • Reducing risk
  • Identifying and assessing measures

  Designing and implementing security policies

  • Understanding the hierarchy of security policies
  • Enforcing and promoting policies effectively

• Deploying Security Devices

  Configuring wireless security

  • Choosing secure and scalable protocols
  • Testing wireless security

  Monitoring and managing defences

  • Installing patches for hardening
  • Analysing logs

• Implementing Host Security

  Preventing malware infestations

  • Hardening Systems
  • Defending with antivirus and whitelists
  • Managing configuration

  Evaluating baselines and monitoring

  • Patching and remediating hosts
  • Investigating types of authentication and authorisation
  • Enforcing centralised access controls

• Securing the Network Perimeter

  Restricting access with a firewall

  • Designing the DMZ
  • Implementing deep inspection and filters

  Encrypting data with a VPN

  • Selecting secure protocols
  • Authenticating encryption endpoints

• Responding to Incidents

  • Monitoring traffic
  • Deploying IDS and IPS
  • Examining forensic artifacts