C700 Secure Network Design

Six-week Pacing Guide with Weekly Assignments

The course is divided into seven sections:

Section 1: Course Overview

Section 2: Understanding OSI and TCP/IP

Section 3: Securing Network Devices

Section 4: Using Segmentation Strategies to Improve Network Security

Section 5: Performing Root Cause Analyses

Section 6: Designing Secure Network Architectures

Section 7: Course Summary

Appendix Managing the Security Process

By following this study plan, this course can be completed in six (6) weeks or less.

Week 1: Course Overview

Lesson 2.1: Network Types and Devices

Lesson 2.2: Setting up the Network

Lesson 2.3: Network Alignment

Lesson 3.1: Security Features

• Read Panko (2019), chapters 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9
• Read Chapple (2021), lesson 11
• Start reading Chapple Lesson 1
• Watch Pluralsight Video: Wi-Fi networking, Introduction to NAT
• Complete the following course labs:
  • The OSI Model
  • IPv4 vs. IPv6 Calculating, Configuring, and Testing
  • TCP/IP Protocols The Core Protocols

Week 2 and

Week 3:Lesson 3.2: Challenges

Lesson 3.3: Applying Network Standards

Lesson 4.1: Security Solutions

Lesson 4.2: Segmentation

• Read Panko 6, 7, 11, Appendix
• Finish Chapple Lesson 1
• Watch Pluralsight Videos: Installing and Configuring Wireless Security Settings and Understanding Routing Concepts
• Read Panko Lesson 5 and Appendix
• Complete the following course labs:
  • Configuring Port Redirection
  • Closing Ports and Unnecessary Services
  • Implementing Security Policies on Windows and Linux
  • Network Security Firewalls
  • Securing the pfSense Firewall
  • Implementing NAT and Allowing Remote Access
  • Configuring Network Segmentation and Security

Week 4 and

Week 5:Lesson 5.1: Modeling

Lesson 5.2: Troubleshooting

Lesson 5.3: Solutions

Lesson 6.1: Network Infrastructure

Lesson 6.2: Security Threats

Lesson 6.3: Secure Network Design

• Review Panko, chapters 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and Appendix
• Read Chapple, Chapter 15, Performing Vulnerability Assessments.
• Read Chapple, Chapter 16, Managed Services in the Cloud (NEW!), Perform Configuration Management, Managing Change, and Managing Patches and Reducing Vulnerabilities (NEW!), and;
• Read Chapple Lesson 17, Logging and Monitoring AND Detective and Preventive Measures.
• Read Chapple, Chapter 12, Secure Communications and Network Attacks.
• Watch Pluralsight Videos on The Fundamentals: Putting Clouds in Context AND Cloud and Virtualization
• Complete the following Course Labs:
  • Network Troubleshooting
  • Vulnerability Scanning of a Linux Target
  • Deep Dive in Packet Analysis Using Wireshark and Network Miner
  • Incident Response Procedures, Forensics, and Forensic Analysis
  • Using Public Key Encryption to Secure Messages
  • Performing Account and Permissions Audits
• START PERFORMANCE TASK

Week 6:Course Summary

Complete all readings

Complete C700 Confidence Builder and Power Builder exercises

SUBMIT PERFORMANCE TASK

End of Course

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