Course description

Candidates for this exam are familiar with general networking concepts and technologies and understand how to manage and troubleshoot a network in a small-medium business environment. Candidates should have some hands-on experience with Windows and Linux operating systems, TCP/IP, name resolution processes, networking services, and network topologies and troubleshooting in wired and wireless environments. Candidates should have at least 150 hours of instruction or hands-on experience with networking

What will I learn?

• Network Fundamentals: Understand concepts like network topologies (wired vs. wireless), hardware components, transmission media, and protocols
• OSI and TCP/IP Models: Analyze and differentiate the layers and functions of both conceptual models and the internet's protocol stack.
• Network Protocols: Understand the roles of various protocols, such as IPv4 vs. IPv6, and compare different protocol architectures.
• Network Device Functionality: Recognize and understand the roles of different internet and network devices.
• Network Design: Design simple network applications and basic network configurations.
• Network Security: Understand and apply concepts of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) and identify and mitigate network threats.
• Troubleshooting: Utilize network monitoring tools to diagnose and resolve malfunctions.
• Implementation: Implement network functionalities and applications on different network layers.
• Security Implementation: Configure host and network-level security controls like firewalls, access controls, and intrusion detection systems.
• Protocol Analysis: Differentiate between various network protocols and analyze their features.
• System Understanding: Understand the architecture of networks and how different hardware and software components integrate to form a network solution.
• Vulnerability Assessment: Analyze network architectures to identify vulnerabilities and propose suitable mitigation strategies.

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