Cisco ICND1 (CCENT) & CCNA Security (IINS)

This certification retired on 24^th February 2020. Our closest replacement is CCNA.

Get both your CCENT and CCNA Security certifications in just 8 days in this accelerated dual course. That's 20% faster than traditional training. You'll gain the knowledge and skills to install, operate and troubleshoot a small enterprise branch network, including basic network security.

ICND1 gives you the skills needed for entry-level network support positions and is the starting point for many successful careers in networking. CCNA Security introduces you to the core network security technologies.

ICND1 v2.0 is the latest version and includes many new updates. Several topics have been moved from ICND2 into ICND1, while some topics, such as RIP and wireless, have been removed from the curriculum. Course content has been updated to Cisco IOS Software Release 15. All configuration commands are introduced through examples and supported with lab exercises. All labs are developed with new pod topology and new networking gear.

With a CCNA Security certification, you'll have the skills needed to develop a security infrastructure, recognise threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and mitigate security threats. You'll learn core security technologies, the installation, troubleshooting and monitoring of network devices to maintain integrity, confidentiality and availability of data and devices, and competency in the technologies that Cisco uses in its security structure.

Reasons for Cisco certification include career advancement, personal improvement, skills enhancement, higher earnings, and increased on-the-job productivity.

Why Cisco Certifications?

• Cisco Certified Professionals are among the highest paid in the world.
• Cisco Certification gives you respect in IT Industry by allowing you to provide great value and service to any organisation you work for.
• Cisco Certification validates an individual's achievement, thereby increasing the holder's professional credibility by ensuring high standards of technical expertise.
• Industry trend shows that with each certification there is an increase in salary of the certificate holders. Additionally, multiple certifications directly correlate to further increases.

Cisco certifications also afford you special membership benefits:

• A certificate of accomplishment.
• A wallet card, logo and designation for your personal promotion to clients or potential employers.
• Access to the secure Cisco on-line tracking system so you can download logos, and track your Cisco certification progress throughout your career.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

During this official Cisco CCNA training course, you'll learn the following material:

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices, Part 1 (ICND1) 3.0

Building a Simple Network

• Exploring the Functions of Networking
• Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model
• Introducing LANs
• Operating Cisco IOS Software
• Starting a Switch
• Understanding Ethernet and Switch Operation
• Troublshooting Common Switch Media Issues

Establishing Internet Connectivity

• Understanding the TCP/IP Internet Layer
• Understanding IP Addressing and Subnets
• Understanding the TCP/IP Transport Layer
• Exploring the Functions of Routing
• Configuring a Cisco Router
• Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
• Enabling Static Routing
• Learning the basics of ACL
• Enabling Internet Connectivity

Building a Medium-Sized Network

• Implementing VLANs and Trunks
• Routing between VLANs
• Using a Cisco Network Device as a DHCP Server
• Implementing RIPv2
• Introducing WAN Technologies
• Introducing Dynamic Routing Protocols
• Implementing OSPF

Network Device Management and Security

• Securing Administrative Access
• Implementing Device Hardening
• Configuring System Message Logging
• Managing Cisco Devices
• Licensing

Introducing IPv6

• Introducing Basic IPv6
• Understanding IPv6 Operation
• Configuring IPv6 Static Routes

Labs:

• Discovery 1: Get Started with Cisco CLI
• Discovery 2: Perform Basic Switch Configuration
• Challenge 1: Implementing the Initial Switch Configuration
• Discovery 3: Observe How a Switch Operates
• Discovery 4: Troubleshoot Switch Media and Port Issues
• Discovery 5: Inspect TCP/IP Applications
• Discovery 6: Start with Cisco Router Configuration
• Discovery 7: Configure Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Challenge 2: Implementing the Initial Router Configuration
• Discovery 8: Configure Default Gateway
• Discovery 9: Exploration of Packet Forwarding
• Discovery 10: Configure and Verify Static Routes
• Challenge 3: Implementing Static Routing
• Discovery 11: Configure and Verify ACLs
• Challenge 4: Implementing Basic Numbered and Named ACLs
• Discovery 12: Configure a Provider-Assigned IP Address
• Discovery 13: Configure Static NAT
• Discovery 14: Configure Dynamic NAT and PAT
• Discovery 15: Troubleshoot
• Challenge 5: Implementing PAT
• Challenge 6: Summary Challenge Lab: 1
• Challenge 7: Summary Challenge Lab: 2
• Discovery 16: Configure VLAN and Trunk
• Challenge 8: Troubleshooting VLANs and Trunk
• Discovery 17: Configure a Router on a Stick
• Challenge 9: Implement Multiple VLANs and Basic Routing Between the VLANs
• Discovery 18: Configure a Cisco Router as a DHCP Server
• Discovery 19: Troubleshoot DHCP Issues
• Challenge 10: Implementing a DHCP Server in on a Cisco IOS Device
• Discovery 20: Configure and Verify RIPv2
• Discovery 21: Troubleshoot RIPv2
• Challenge 11: Implementing RIPv2
• Discovery 22: Enhance Security of Initial Configuration
• Discovery 23: Limit Remote Access Connectivity
• Challenge 12: Securing Device Administrative Access
• Discovery 24: Configure and Verify Port Security
• Discovery 25: Configure and Verify NTP
• Challenge 13: Implementing Device Hardening
• Discovery 26: Configure Syslog
• Challenge 14: Configuring System Message Logging
• Challenge 15: Summary Challenge Lab: 3
• Challenge 16: Summary Challenge Lab: 4
• Discovery 27: Configure Basic IPv6 Connectivity
• Discovery 28: Configure IPv6 Static Routes
• Challenge 17: Implement IPv6 Static Routing

CCNA Security

Common Security Threats

• Common security threats

Security and Cisco Routers

• Implementing security on Cisco routers
• Securing the data, control and management plane
• Cisco Security Manager
• Transition from IPv4 to IPv6

AAA on Cisco Devices

• Implementing AAA (authentication, authorization, and accounting)
• TACACS+
• RADIUS
• AAA
• AAA functionality

IOS ACLs

• Standard, extended, and named IP IOS access control lists (ACLs) to filter packets
• Considerations when building ACLs
• Implementing IP ACLs to mitigate threats in a network

Securing Network Management and Reporting

• Securing network management
• Implementing secure network management

Common Layer 2 Attacks

• Layer 2 security using Cisco switches
• VLAN security
• Implementing VLANs and trunking
• Implementing spanning tree

Cisco Firewall Technologies

• Operational strengths and weaknesses of the different firewall technologies
• Stateful firewalls
• Types of NAT used in firewall technologies
• Implementing zone-based policy firewall using CCP
• Implementing the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
• Implementing Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT)

Cisco IPS

• Considerations when deploying Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
• IPS technologies
• Configuring Cisco IOS IPS using CCP

VPN Technologies

• Different methods used in cryptography
• VPN technologies
• The building blocks of IPSec
• Implementing an IOS IPSec site-to-site VPN with pre-shared key authentication
• Verify VPN operations
• Implementing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN using ASA device manager

During this 8-day course, you'll take the following two exams:

• 100-101 - Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1 v2.0)
• 640-554 Implementing IOS Network Security v2.0

Included:

• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 student kit
• Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security

It's advised that you have experience of desktop operating systems and basic knowledge of networking fundamentals.