Course Detail

Network Defense (CND)

EC-Council’s Certified Network Defender (C|ND) is an essential vendor-neutral network security certification for every IT and systems administrator who needs to operate with a secure mindset.

Students will learn the critical skills required to defend their networks and operating environments across local networks, endpoints, cloud infrastructure, applications, OT, and mobile. They will also acquire knowledge of effective proper log analysis, network traffic monitoring, basic investigation and response, as well as business continuity and disaster recovery. Additionally, they will dive into threats, analyzing the attack surface, and studying threat prediction and threat intelligence as it relates to their administration and defense responsibilities.

Often referred to as blue-teaming, C|NDs will be able to apply defense and countermeasure strategies in their organizations, playing a critical role not only in attack prevention but also in detection, response, and remediation as they configure networks and systems to operate securely. The C|ND program will cover the concepts and fortify skills through hands-on practice across over 100+ labs delivered on live target machines.

Module 01: Network Attacks and Defense Strategies

Module 02: Administrative Network Security

Module 03: Technical Network Security

Module 04: Network Perimeter Security

Module 05: Endpoint Security – Windows Systems

Module 06: Endpoint Security – Linux Systems

Module 07: Endpoint Security – Mobile Devices

Module 08: Endpoint Security – IoT Devices

Module 09: Administrative Application Security

Module 10: Data Security

Module 11: Enterprise Virtual Network Security

Module 12: Enterprise Cloud Security

Module 13: Enterprise Wireless Network Security

Module 14: Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis

Module 15: Network Logs Monitoring and Analysis

Module 16: Incident Response and Forensics Investigation

Module 17: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Module 18: Risk Anticipation with Risk Management

Module 19: Threat Assessment with Attack Surface Analysis

Module 20: Threat Prediction with Cyber Threat Intelligence

1. Build Job Ready Practical Skills in Live Ranges

2. Learn network defense management, perimeter protection, endpoint protection, application and data protection, enterprise virtual, cloud, and wireless network protection, incident detection and response, and threat prediction.

3. Learn the Latest Technologies

4. The latest technologies covered include cloud, IoT, virtualization and remote worker threats, attack surface analysis, threat intelligence, software-defined networks (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), docker, Kubernetes, and container security.

5. Learn the Latest Concepts to Match Modern Network Security Requirements

6. Learn asset management, system integrity monitoring, endpoint detection and response (EDR), extended detection and response (XDR), user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA), privacy impact assessment (PIA), threat hunting, security orchestration automation and response (SOAR).