Description
The Cybersecurity Career Pathway Certificate of Completion builds on foundational knowledge in computer networking and administration, equipping students with advanced skills to secure data and networks. This certificate covers essential concepts and techniques in both vendor-neutral and Cisco-specific environments, preparing students to address real-world cybersecurity challenges.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the certificate, students will be able to:
- Describe the function of the network layers as specified by the Open Systems Interconnection and the TCP/IP network models.
- Describe the operation of network services, such as ARP, DNS, and DHCP.
- Describe the basic operation of these network device types: router, switch, hub, bridge, WAP, WLC.
- Describe the functions of these network security systems as deployed on the host, network, or the cloud: firewall, intrusion prevention system, advanced malware protection, web security appliance, email security appliance.
- Describe IP subnets and communication within an IP subnet and between IP subnets.
- Describe the relationship between VLANs and data visibility.
- Describe the operation of ACLs applied as packet filters on the interfaces of network devices.
- Compare and contrast deep packet inspection with packet filtering and stateful firewall operation.
- Compare and contrast inline traffic interrogation and taps or traffic mirroring.
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of data obtained from taps or traffic mirroring and NetFlow in the analysis of network traffic.
- Identify potential data loss from provided traffic profiles.
