Course Overview
This 2-day workshop introduces networking concepts such as communications hardware, communications software, OSI and network protocols. This course will update the network administration knowledge with a particular emphasis on the fundamental skills needed to design and maintain secure network environments. The attendee will review network traffic analysis, concepts around the network security, intrusion detection, and improve defenses against malicious attacks. The attendee should have some knowledge of an operating system (e.g., Windows 10 or Linux). This workshop is suitable for those Help Desk Support technicians who plan to move into the networking area at work. This workshop is especially useful to those people who are handling network administration tasks.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the OSI model;
- Explain the functions of communications hardware such as switch, router and firewall;
- Explain the purposes of different network protocols such as UDP/TCP, ICMP, HTTP, SMTP;
- Use different networking commands to carry out different network operations such as network traffic analysis and detect intrusion.
Effective as of Winter 2021
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