SSCP 2021: Fundamental Networking Concepts

“Historically speaking the vast majority of security practitioners technicians engineers and architects come from the field of local and wide area networking. This factor as well as the importance of protecting data-in-transit makes networking a critical knowledge area. Use this course to get to grips with several networking concepts and methodologies.

Learn to distinguish between the OSI and TCP/IP reference models. Explore network topologies relationships and media types. See what s meant by software-defined networking (SDN) Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) and terminal access controller access-control system plus (TACACS+) among other terms. Examine commonly used ports and protocols. And look into remote access connectivity and virtual private networks (VPNs).

Upon course completion you ll be familiar with several fundamental networking concepts and network access control methodologies. You ll also be further prepared for the (ISC)▓ Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) 2021 exam.”