Hardware & Networking

CCNA

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) courses teach the basics of networking and how to configure a small network with Cisco routers and switches. CCNA courses cover a variety of networking topics, including:

• Network fundamentals

• Access, IP connectivity, and services

• Security fundamentals

• Programmability

• Automation

• LAN switching fundamentals

• Routing fundamentals

• Infrastructure services

• Infrastructure maintenance

CCNA courses often include hands-on labs to help students develop practical skills. Some tips for passing the CCNA certification exam include:

• Studying each topic in the CCNA Syllabus Blueprint logically

• Practicing each technology on real Cisco devices

• Practicing subnetting well

• Creating unique scenarios using multiple routing and switching protocols

• Testing knowledge on simulation-based exams

Here are some CCNA courses:

• CCNA Routing & Switching – 200-301

  Covers topics such as supernetting, router components, IP addressing, IP routing, CCNP routing, routing basics, and IPv6 addressing

• The Complete networking Fundamentals Course

  Offers essential skills to advance a career in IT infrastructure and networking

• Introduction to networking: Learn Networking Fundamentals Course

  Designed to help students learn more about networking and gain foundational knowledge

Course Duration: 45 Days

List of Courses in Hardware & Networking

MCSA & MCSP

MCSA and MCSE are Microsoft certifications that are designed for different levels of IT professionals:

MCSA

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate is an entry-level certification that lays the foundation for more advanced MCSE courses. It's considered a prerequisite to MCSE certifications. MCSA requires basic knowledge of operating systems and server technologies.

Course Duration: 60 Days

MCSE

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert is an advanced-level certification designed for experienced IT professionals. MCSE is more difficult than MCSA.

Microsoft retired all exams associated with MCSA, MCSD, and MCSE on June 30, 2020. However, training content may still be available for these areas. If you already have an MCSA, MCSD, or MCSE certification, it will remain on your Microsoft transcript for two years after June 30, 2020. After that, it will be moved to the "inactive" section of your transcript.

Course Duration: 60 Days

Red Hat Linux

Red Hat Linux is a Linux distribution that is either commercial open-source or proprietary:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

A commercial, open-source Linux distribution for enterprises. It is available in server and desktop versions, and can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. RHEL is certified by hundreds of clouds and thousands of hardware and software vendors. It offers a number of benefits, including:

• Security and compliance: Multi-layer breach defense with automated security controls

• Automation and management: Consistent experience for automating and streamlining workload deployment

• Subscription benefits: 24/7 support, access to Red Hat's hardware, software, and cloud partner ecosystem

Course Duration: 60 Days

CCNP

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) is a professional-level certification offered by Cisco Systems to IT professionals who specialize in networking. It's for IT professionals with at least one year of experience in professional networking, and a high school diploma or equivalent.

It covers Planning, implementing, verifying, and troubleshooting Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) at the enterprise level.

CCNP offers several certifications, including:

• CCNP Security

  Focuses on designing and implementing cloud security architecture, user and device security, network and cloud security, and more

• CCNP Data Center

  Focuses on technologies that automate and streamline network operations, like REST APIs, Bash Shell, Ansible, Python, and Terraform

• CCNP Enterprise

  Focuses on network assurance design and implementation, including platforms and architecture, data collection and implementation, data analysis, and insights and alerts

The CCNP exam is not easy, but with adequate preparation and practice, it's possible to pass.

Course Duration: 60 Days

Ethical Hacking

Ethical hacking is an authorized attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, application, or data using the strategies and actions of malicious attackers. This practice helps identify security vulnerabilities that can then be resolved before a malicious attacker has the opportunity to exploit them.

Ethical hackers are security experts who perform these proactive security assessments to help improve an organization’s security posture. With prior approval from the organization or owner of an IT asset, the mission of an ethical hacker is the opposite of malicious hacking.

Types of Ethical Hacking?

It is no big secret that any system, process, website, device, etc., can be hacked. In order to understand how the hack might happen and what the damage could be, ethical hackers must know how to think like malicious hackers and know the tools and techniques they are likely to use.

Hackers are of different types and are named based on their intent of the hacking system. Broadly, there are two main types in hacking/hacker – White-Hat hacker and Black-Hat hacker. The names are derived from old Spaghetti Westerns, where the good guy wears a white hat and the bad guy wears a black hat.

White Hat Hacker

Ethical hackers or white hat hackers do not intend to harm the system or organization but they do so, officially, to penetrate and locate the vulnerabilities, providing solutions to fix them and ensure safety.

Black Hat Hacker

Contrary to an ethical hacker, black hat hackers or non-ethical hackers perform hacking to fulfill their selfish intentions to collect monetary benefits.

Gray Hat Hacker

Grey hat hackers are the combination of white and black hat hackers. They hack without any malicious intention for fun. They perform the hacking without any approval from the targeted organization.

Course Duration: 60 Days

Cyber Security

Cyber security refers to every aspect of protecting an organization and its employees and assets against cyber threats. As cyberattacks become more common and sophisticated and corporate networks grow more complex, a variety of cyber security solutions are required to mitigate corporate cyber risk.

The Different Types of Cybersecurity

Cyber security is a wide field covering several disciplines. It can be divided into seven main pillars:

1. Network Security

Most attacks occur over the network, and network security solutions are designed to identify and block these attacks. These solutions include data and access controls such as Data Loss Prevention (DLP), IAM (Identity Access Management), NAC (Network Access Control), and NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall) application controls to enforce safe web use policies.

2. Cloud Security

As organizations increasingly adopt cloud computing, securing the cloud becomes a major priority. A cloud security strategy includes cyber security solutions, controls, policies, and services that help to protect an organization’s entire cloud deployment (applications, data, infrastructure, etc.) against attack.

3. Endpoint Security

The zero-trust security model prescribes creating micro-segments around data wherever it may be. One way to do that with a mobile workforce is using endpoint security. With endpoint security, companies can secure end-user devices such as desktops and laptops with data and network security controls, advanced threat prevention such as anti-phishing and anti-ransomware, and technologies that provide forensics such as endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions.

4. Mobile Security

Often overlooked, mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones have access to corporate data, exposing businesses to threats from malicious apps, zero-day, phishing, and IM (Instant Messaging) attacks. Mobile security prevents these attacks and secures the operating systems and devices from rooting and jailbreaking. When included with an MDM (Mobile Device Management) solution, this enables enterprises to ensure only compliant mobile devices have access to corporate assets.

5. IoT Security

While using Internet of Things (IoT) devices certainly delivers productivity benefits, it also exposes organizations to new cyber threats. Threat actors seek out vulnerable devices inadvertently connected to the Internet for nefarious uses such as a pathway into a corporate network or for another bot in a global bot network.

IoT security protects these devices with discovery and classification of the connected devices, auto-segmentation to control network activities, and using IPS as a virtual patch to prevent exploits against vulnerable IoT devices. In some cases, the firmware of the device can also be augmented with small agents to prevent exploits and runtime attacks.

6. Application Security

Web applications, like anything else directly connected to the Internet, are targets for threat actors. Since 2007, OWASP has tracked the top 10 threats to critical web application security flaws such as injection, broken authentication, misconfiguration, and cross-site scripting to name a few.

With application security, the OWASP Top 10 attacks can be stopped. Application security also prevents bot attacks and stops any malicious interaction with applications and APIs. With continuous learning, apps will remain protected even as DevOps releases new content.

7. Zero Trust

The traditional security model is perimeter-focused, building walls around an organization’s valuable assets like a castle. However, this approach has several issues, such as the potential for insider threats and the rapid dissolution of the network perimeter.

As corporate assets move off-premises as part of cloud adoption and remote work, a new approach to security is needed. Zero trust takes a more granular approach to security, protecting individual resources through a combination of micro-segmentation, monitoring, and enforcement of role-based access controls.

Course Duration: 90 Days