CNT 259 - Secure Enterprise Networks

5 Credits
This course emphasizes planning, deployment and maintenance of enterprise networks. Students work with Linux and Windows-based networks to appropriately scale networks to meet industry demands. The course has a heavy emphasis on security: firewall essentials and configuration steps for security, networking, threat prevention, logging, and reporting features. This course prepares students for the Palo Alto Networks® Installation, Configuration, and Management (PAN-EDU-201) exam.

Course Outcomes

Understand and Identify basic Wide Area Network (WAN) topologies such as Point-to-point, Hub and spoke, Single and Dual-homed WANs.
Design and support a LAN/WAN environment that includes multiple domains, Linux and Windows OS and Servers.
Explain and demonstrate network monitoring such as SNMP in network operations.
Perform basic network security such as port security, device hardening and securing access to devices.
Understand malware, how it operates and different methods for malware analysis and remediation.
Configure Dynamic and Static NAT.
Configure advanced switching protocols such as Spanning Tree and Layer 3 Switches.
Configure Extended ACLs and IPv6 ACLs.