CCNA Cybersecurity (200-201) v1.2 Cert Prep
5h 54mIntermediate2025-08-13
Authors
Kevin Wallace
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
Course details
This course prepares you for the CCNA Cybersecurity (200-201) v1.2 certification exam while providing practical, hands-on knowledge of modern cybersecurity practices. Join instructor Kevin Wallace as he takes a deep dive into the world of cybersecurity operations, exploring everything from fundamental security concepts to advanced threat detection and analysis. Through carefully structured modules, you'll learn how to protect networks, analyze threats, and respond to security incidents using industry-standard tools and techniques.
Learning objectives
Master core cybersecurity concepts including the CIA triad and defense-in-depth strategies.
Understand and identify various attack types, from traditional Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks to sophisticated AI-based social engineering.
Navigate endpoint protection and network traffic analysis.
Wield essential security tools including Wireshark for packet analysis.
Apply in-demand skills in incident response and security operations center (SOC)
management.
Implement host-based and network-based security solutions.
Effectively interpret various protocol headers and network artifacts.
Learning objectives
Master core cybersecurity concepts including the CIA triad and defense-in-depth strategies.
Understand and identify various attack types, from traditional Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks to sophisticated AI-based social engineering.
Navigate endpoint protection and network traffic analysis.
Wield essential security tools including Wireshark for packet analysis.
Apply in-demand skills in incident response and security operations center (SOC)
management.
Implement host-based and network-based security solutions.
Effectively interpret various protocol headers and network artifacts.
Skills covered
Incident ResponseNetwork AdministrationCybersecurityCert PrepNetwork and System Administration
Concepts
Welcome to the Course
- 01 - Welcome to the course
- 02 - Meet your instructor
1. Foundations of Digital Defense
- 03 - Module 1 - Foundations of digital defense
- 04 - Cybersecurity defined
- 05 - The CIA triad
- 06 - Vulnerabilities, threats, exploits, and risks
- 07 - Cybersecurity terminology
- 08 - Defense in depth
- 09 - Network security solutions
- 10 - Endpoint security solutions
- 11 - Application security solutions
- 12 - Agent-based vs. agentless security solutions
- 13 - SIEM and SOAR
- 14 - Virtualized solutions
- 15 - Cloud-based solutions
- 16 - Access control model options
- 17 - Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
- 18 - Data visibility considerations
- 19 - Data loss analysis
- 20 - The 5-tuple approach
- 21 - Detection methods
2. Threat Detection and Surveillance
- 22 - Module 2 - Threat detection and surveillance
- 23 - Attack surfaces
- 24 - Monitoring sources
- 25 - Data visibility comparison
- 26 - Categories of data types
- 27 - Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks
- 28 - Man-in-the-middle attacks
- 29 - Protocol-based attacks
- 30 - SQL injection attacks
- 31 - Cross-site scripting attacks
- 32 - Command injection attacks
- 33 - Social engineering attacks
- 34 - AI-based social engineering attacks
- 35 - Malware and ransomware attacks
- 36 - Buffer overflow attacks
- 37 - Command-and-control (C2) attacks
- 38 - Comparison of obfuscation techniques
- 39 - Encryption with digital certificates
- 40 - Digital certificate components
3. Endpoint Protection and Analysis
- 41 - Module 3 - Endpoint protection and analysis
- 42 - Host-based protection
- 43 - Microsoft Windows security considerations
- 44 - macOS security considerations
- 45 - Linux security considerations
- 46 - Determining responsibility
- 47 - Evidence identification
- 48 - System log interpretation
- 49 - Malware analysis
4. Network Traffic Analysis and Interpretation
- 50 - Module 4 - Network traffic analysis and interpretation
- 51 - Security event sources
- 52 - Alert classification
- 53 - Deep packet inspection (DPI)
- 54 - Comparing traffic-capture methods and NetFlow analysis
- 55 - Wireshark PCAP file analysis for Telnet flow
- 56 - Wireshark PCAP file analysis for malware infection
- 57 - Interpreting protocol headers
- 58 - Artifact elements
- 59 - Regular expressions
5. Cybersecurity Governance and Best Practices
- 60 - Module 5 - Cybersecurity governance and best practices
- 61 - Cybersecurity management considerations
- 62 - Incident response plans
- 63 - Incident response example
- 64 - Evidence collection recommendations
- 65 - Network profiling
- 66 - Server profiling
- 67 - Categorizing data protection
- 68 - Cyber kill chain
- 69 - Diamond model
- 70 - SOC metrics and scope analysis
6. Exam Preparation
- 71 - Module 6 - Exam preparation
- 72 - Registering for the exam
- 73 - Study strategies
- 74 - What to do on exam day
Conclusion
- 75 - Congratulations and next steps