Foundation Beginner
Certificate
Networking Fundamentals for Security
The networking knowledge security work actually requires — packets, protocols, and where the weaknesses live.
0.4 hr
1 lectures
4 lab ranges
4 weeks
Description
You cannot assess what you do not understand. This course covers networking specifically through a security lens: not just how TCP works, but what an attacker does with it.
Heavy on packet analysis. You will spend most of the lab hours in Wireshark looking at real traffic.
Who is this course for?
- Aspiring security analysts
- IT professionals moving into security
- Developers who want to build securely
- Students with no prior experience
What you will learn
The TCP/IP stack, properly
How DNS works and how it is abused
HTTP and HTTPS in detail, including TLS
Packet capture and analysis in Wireshark
Network scanning and what it reveals
Firewalls, NAT and segmentation
Common network attacks and their signatures
Course curriculum
The curriculum for this course is being published. It will appear here shortly.
Lab ranges included
Broken Access Control Range
Easy
Injection Playground
Easy
Broken Authentication Range
Easy
Network Reconnaissance Range
Easy