Cisco Network Security: Core Security Concepts
1h 48mIntermediate2024-11-18
Authors
Lisa Bock
Security ambassador with a broad range of IT skills and knowledge
Course details
Protect your network from common security threats. In this course, instructor Lisa Bock helps equip network administrators with a foundational understanding of security concepts in relationship to Cisco networks. Lisa covers essential security terms and discusses common security threats such as active and passive attacks, social engineering, and malware. She reviews cryptographic techniques such as encryption and digital signatures, and describes various network topologies such as campus area networks, wide area networks, and data centers.
This course corresponds to the security fundaments portion of the 200-301 CCNA exam.
Learning objectives
Security principles and terms
SIEM technology
Common security threats
Social engineering
Data loss prevention
Cryptographic concepts
Symmetric and asymmetric encryption
Hash algorithms
Network topologies, CAN, WAN, and SOHO
Securing a virtual environment
This course corresponds to the security fundaments portion of the 200-301 CCNA exam.
Learning objectives
Security principles and terms
SIEM technology
Common security threats
Social engineering
Data loss prevention
Cryptographic concepts
Symmetric and asymmetric encryption
Hash algorithms
Network topologies, CAN, WAN, and SOHO
Securing a virtual environment
Skills covered
CiscoNetwork SecurityNetwork AdministrationCybersecurityCert PrepNetwork and System Administration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Defending the network
- 02 - What you need to know
- 03 - Preparing for the CCNA exam
1. Security Principles
- 04 - Secure network overview
- 05 - Security services
- 06 - Utilizing SIEM technology
- 07 - Learning security terms
- 08 - Staying informed
- 09 - Network security domains
- 10 - Zone defense
- 11 - Challenge - Create a security policy
- 12 - Solution - Create a security policy
2. Common Security Threats
- 13 - Reviewing security services
- 14 - Attacking the network
- 15 - Social engineering
- 16 - Identify malware
- 17 - Data loss prevention
- 18 - Challenge - Understanding botnets
- 19 - Solution - Understanding botnets
3. Cryptography
- 20 - Cryptographic concepts
- 21 - Describing symmetric encryption
- 22 - Asymmetric encryption
- 23 - Protecting integrity using a hash function
- 24 - Key exchange
- 25 - Public key infrastructure
4. Describe Network Topologies
- 26 - Campus area network
- 27 - Cloud and wide area network
- 28 - Data center
- 29 - Small office home office (SOHO)
- 30 - Securing a virtual environment
- 31 - Challenge - Cost of a data breach
- 32 - Solution - Cost of a data breach
Conclusion
- 33 - Next steps