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6   |   65   |   Lifetime
Course Brief
65 Minutes 65 6 Lessons 6 Lifetime Access Lifetime
Course Summary
The Network Security Essentials course enables anyone with minimal knowledge of networking to understand the basics of network security, including the potential risks to your organization, security components including firewalls and mechanisms used by it, encryption and authentication protocols and how they are used for network protection.
What you'll learn

  • The basics of network security, risks and how to prevent them
  • Firewalls principles of operation, including packet filtering, stateful inspection and NAT
  • Site-to-Site and Client-to-Site VPNs
  • Encryption protocols basics and principle of operation
  • Authentication protocols basics and principle of operation
  • Certificates and digital signatures
  • Security components, including the basic operation of IDS/IPS, NAC, SIEM, mail and web filters


13 Courses for $579