Certified Network Defender – CND and CEH Blended Bundle

Course Overview

High-level description: The Certified Network Defender (CND) certification blended bundle program is designed to teach IT professionals the skills needed to protect, detect, and respond to network security threats. This course covers network security controls, protocols, perimeter appliances, secure VPN implementation, IDS/IPS, network traffic signature analysis, and vulnerability scanning. The Network Defender Program includes the complete Ethical Hacker Core Skills (EHCS) course, providing a solid security foundation, with detailed traffic analysis at the packet and binary level. The bundle also includes ITI’s custom CEH Self-paced Online ILT course.

Course Delivery:

1. Official EC-Council CND: Live Online ILT (Contact us to schedule)
2. Official EC-Council CND: Self-paced Online ILT
3. Official EC-Council EHCS: Self-paced Online ILT
4. ITI Custom CEH: Self-paced Online ILT

Duration:

1. Official EC-Council CND: 5 Days
2. Official EC-Council EHCS: 2 Days
3. ITI Custom CEH: ~7 Days (70+ hours)

ITI Custom CEH Course Description:

Our course offers CEH training to provide you with the tools to research, discover, and scan targets, analyze vulnerabilities, and test attack methods and tools. The focus of this CEH online training course is to solve the challenge of breaking into a target network, collect evidence of success, and escape unnoticed.

Topics Covered:

1. Introduction to the key concepts of ethical hacking and information security.
2. Conducting footprinting and reconnaissance using advanced tools and techniques.
3. Scanning networks and identifying vulnerabilities.
4. Performing system hacking and exploiting operating systems.
5. Understanding malware threats and implementing countermeasures.
6. Utilizing social engineering techniques and tools.
7. Executing Denial-of-Service (DoS) and session hijacking attacks.
8. Evading IDS, firewalls, and honeypots.
9. Hacking web servers and applications.
10. Performing SQL injection and securing databases.
11. Hacking wireless networks and mobile platforms.
12. Exploring IoT and OT hacking methodologies.
13. Securing cloud environments and implementing cryptographic techniques.

Labs included (15 hours):

1. Footprinting and Reconnaissance Techniques
2. Network Reconnaissance Techniques
3. Enumeration Reconnaissance Techniques
4. Vulnerability Analysis Tools & Techniques
5. System Hacking Methodologies
6. Malware Threat Concepts
7. Network Sniffing Techniques
8. Social Engineering Exploits
9. Denial of Service Attacks
10. Session Hijacking Concepts
11. Compromising Web Servers
12. Web Application Hacking
13. SQL Injection Methodologies
14. Introduction to Cloud Computing
15. Cryptography Techniques

Official EC-Council CND Course Description:

Enhance your network defense skills with our CND course, which provides 40 hours of content focusing on network security. This course covers the essentials of network defense, from designing secure network architectures to implementing and managing security controls.

Topics Covered:

1. Network Security Fundamentals
2. Network Security Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks
3. Network Security Controls
4. Network Security Policy Design and Implementation
5. Physical Security
6. Host Security
7. Secure Firewall Configuration and Management
8. Secure IDS Configuration and Management
9. Secure VPN Configuration and Management
10. Wireless Network Defense
11. Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis
12. Network Incident Response and Management

Official EC-Council EHCS Course Description:

The Ethical Hacking Core Skills (EHCS) course provides the foundational skills required for advanced security training. This course includes hands-on exercises to master TCP/IP protocols, Unix/Linux survival skills, vulnerability assessment, and the hacking methodology.

Topics Covered:

1. Foundations of Security
2. In-depth TCP/IP Protocol Knowledge
3. Packet Analysis
4. Advanced Protocol Analysis Techniques
5. Unix and Linux Skills
6. Vulnerability Assessment
7. Hacking Methodology
8. Building Virtual Labs

Objectives:

1. Explain security foundations
2. Analyze network packets for irregularities
3. Detect crafted packets
4. Perform advanced protocol analysis
5. Conduct vulnerability assessments
6. Build and use virtual labs

Exam Information: The course includes an exam voucher and retake for the CND exam. The CND exam can be taken online through the EC-Council’s remote proctoring service or at authorized testing centers.

License Information: One license provides access to the CND course for 12 months. Access keys must be redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

How to Access: Instructions for accessing the course will be emailed after purchase.

Link to brochure: CND Brochure

Link to EHCS course: EHCS Course