Description
CCNA Security is a hands-on career-oriented course preparing students with the associate-level knowledge and skills required to secure Cisco networks. Emphasis is placed on the development of a security infrastructure; identification of threats and vulnerabilities to networks; mitigation of security threats; and core security technologies. Students will experience hands-on installation, troubleshooting and monitoring of network devices to maintain integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data and devices.
Prerequisites
“C” or higher in ETRO 140C or approval of instructor.
Recommended
ETRO 240B and ETRO 240C.
Course Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs)
- Describe the security threats facing modern network infrastructures and the role security policies play in security threat prevention.
- Demonstrate how to secure network device access.
- Implement Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) on network devices.
- Describe and demonstrate mitigation of threats to networks using Access Control Lists (ACLs).
- Explain and implement secure network management and reporting.
- Demonstrate the mitigation of common Layer 2 attacks.
- Implement both the software based Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) firewall and the hardware based Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).
- Implement the Cisco IOS Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) feature set.
- Explain and implement a site-to-site Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) Virtual Private Network (VPN).