Securing the Network
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What you'll learn
How to design network architectures using segmentation, firewalls, and network access control to enforce least privilege across enterprise networks
How to implement and configure VPN, IDS/IPS, and network perimeter defenses to protect enterprise network infrastructure
How to use SIEM and network monitoring tools to detect, analyze, and respond to network-based attacks and security events
Skills you'll gain
- Network Monitoring
- Security Controls
- Threat Detection
- Network Security
- Security Engineering
- Security Management
- Security Awareness
- Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
- Zero Trust Network Access
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Network Architecture
- Network Planning And Design
- Hardening
- Encryption
- Network Administration
- Remote Access Systems
- IT Security Architecture
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
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May 2026
4 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course is dedicated to network security, one of the most comprehensive chapters in the curriculum. Covering approximately 3 hours of expert instruction, learners develop a solid understanding of how to design, implement, and operate a secure network infrastructure.
Learners benefit by gaining knowledge of network security zones, firewall architecture, network access control, intrusion detection and prevention, VPN technologies, and network monitoring and hardening techniques. Online labs reinforce firewall configuration, VPN setup, and network security monitoring tasks. This course directly covers the Security Architecture and Security Operations domains of the exam. By the end of this course, learners will be able to design and implement secure network architectures and apply monitoring and response techniques to defend enterprise networks.
This chapter highlights data states, key protection, encryption concepts, certificate use, trust models, network layers, segmentation choices, access controls, proxy functions, tunneling security, and detection techniques.
What's included
6 videos1 assignment2 plugins
6 videos•Total 38 minutes
- Securing the Network Introduction•1 minute
- Network Architecture Planning•4 minutes
- The OSI Model•13 minutes
- ARP Cache Poisoning•9 minutes
- Other Layer 2 Attacks•5 minutes
- Network Planning•7 minutes
1 assignment•Total 6 minutes
- Network Architecture & Planning Assignment•6 minutes
2 plugins•Total 6 minutes
- Host Threat (Challenge)•3 minutes
- OSI Layers (Challenge)•3 minutes
This chapter highlights data states, key protection, encryption concepts, certificate use, trust models, network layers, segmentation choices, access controls, proxy functions, tunneling security, and detection techniques.
What's included
9 videos1 assignment1 plugin
9 videos•Total 57 minutes
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) 2.0•10 minutes
- Load Balancing•6 minutes
- Securing Network Access•6 minutes
- Honeypots•6 minutes
- Static and Dynamic Code Analysis•5 minutes
- Firewalls•11 minutes
- Proxy Servers•6 minutes
- Web Filtering•5 minutes
- Creating Firewall Rules (Sim)•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 6 minutes
- Network Perimeter & Defense Assignment•6 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
- Creating Firewall Rules (Click-through)•5 minutes
This chapter highlights data states, key protection, encryption concepts, certificate use, trust models, network layers, segmentation choices, access controls, proxy functions, tunneling security, and detection techniques.
What's included
8 videos1 reading1 assignment2 plugins
8 videos•Total 54 minutes
- Network and Port Address Translation•7 minutes
- IP Security (IPsec)•9 minutes
- SD-WAN and SASE•3 minutes
- Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)•10 minutes
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)•13 minutes
- Linux Snort IDS Lab•7 minutes
- Network Attacks & Monitoring Exam Question Review•4 minutes
- Network Attacks & Monitoring Ask Me Anything (AMA)•1 minute
1 reading•Total 5 minutes
- Linux Snort IDS Lab Handout•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Network Attacks & Monitoring Assignment•10 minutes
2 plugins•Total 6 minutes
- Layer 2 Attacks (Challenge)•3 minutes
- Key Term Challenge 1 (Challenge)•3 minutes
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment•Total 18 minutes
- Course Assignment•18 minutes
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