System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP 2018): Network Fundamentals

This 14-video course helps prepare for the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification exam by exploring network concepts including packet switching the OSI (open systems interconnect) and TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol) models network topologies network infrastructure devices and wireless router configuration. You will learn the differences between circuit switching and packet switching. You will examine the seven-layer OSI model that is used to describe communications hardware and software including Layer 3 switch and the Layer 7 firewall appliance. Continue by examining the TCP/IP model a conceptual 4-layer model and the TCP/IP protocol suite. This course then examines types of network interface cards cable types including coaxial and twisted pair copper and connector types. Watch demonstrations of how to configure a wireless router and how to configure NLB (network load balancing). You will learn to use a physical device or virtual appliance network load balancer on-premises or in the cloud. Finally this course shows learners how to configure a network load balancer by using AWS (Amazon Web Services).