Certified Network Defender (CND)

Covers the protect, detect, & respond approach to network security. Contains hands-on labs based on major network security tools & techniques to provide network administrators real world expertise on network security technologies & operations.

CND is a skills-based, lab intensive program based on a job-task analysis & cybersecurity education framework presented by the National Initiative of Cybersecurity Education (NICE).The course is mapped to the Department of Defense (DoD) job roles for system & network administrators.

• How to protect, detect, & respond to network attacks
• Network defense fundamentals
• The application of network security controls, protocols, perimeter appliances, secure IDS, VPN, & firewall configuration.
• The intricacies of network traffic signature, analysis, & vulnerability scanning