Network Security Engineer — career path

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• PathFollow the CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) path — the networking certification adverts ask for first

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• PathFollow the Cisco CCNA (200-301) path — the hands-on networking certification

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• PathFollow the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) path — the security baseline for the role

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• CoursepfSense Fundamentals - Secure Your Network With pfSense 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  11 sections · 60 lectures

  1. Section 1: Introduction 1
  2. Section 2: Firewalls Refresher 2
  3. Section 3: pfSense Installation 2
  4. Section 4: Creating A Virtual Lab 4
  5. Section 5: pfSense Initial Setup 8
  6. Section 6: pfSense Firewall 11
  7. Section 7: pfBlockerNG 3
  8. Section 8: Snort IDS/IPS 7
  9. Section 9: Suricata IDS/IPS 7
  10. Section 10: Configuring a DMZ 12
  11. Section 11: Maintenance 3
• CourseSnort Intrusion Detection, Rule Writing, and PCAP Analysis 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  3 sections · 16 lectures

  1. Training Overview 2
  2. Lectures 1
  3. Hands-on Labs 13
• CourseMaster Wireshark 3 in 5 Days 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  6 sections · 34 lectures

  1. Training Overview 2
  2. Day One 3
  3. Day Two 8
  4. Day Three 7
  5. Day Four 7
  6. Day Five 7

Practise

• LabsNetwork Security — 12 labs 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  • Assess A High-Risk System
  • Auditing Service Accounts
  • Block Incoming Traffic on Known Port
  • Holistic Network Identification and Protection
  • Implement Single System Changes in Firewall
  • Network Topology Generation
  • Protect Against Beaconing
  • Rogue Device Identification and Blocking
  • Setting Up SYSLOG Forwarding From a Windows System
  • Sinkholing C2 Traffic
  • Threat Designation
  • Windows System Hardening with PowerShell
• LabsNetwork Intrusion Detection — 8 labs 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  • Comprehensive Threat Response
  • Conduct Supplemental Monitoring
  • Create Custom Snort Rules
  • MITRE - Attack
  • Monitoring Network Traffic
  • Monitoring Network Traffic for Potential IOA/IOC
  • Monitoring for False Positives
  • SNORT Configuration and Operation Lab
• LabsNetwork Forensics — 15 labs 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  • Analyze Browser-based Heap Spray Attack
  • Automated in-Depth Packet Decoding
  • Clonezilla_Network
  • Identifying Intrusion and Mitigating Attacks with RHEL Server
  • Identifying Malicious Callbacks
  • Identifying Malicious Network Connections
  • Incident Detection and Identification
  • Nexpose: Analysis & Reporting (Executive, High Risk and Recommendation Reporting)
  • Parse Files Out of Network Traffic
  • Searching for Indicators of Compromise
  • Setting up Filters and Queries in Kibana
  • Use pfTop to Analyze Network Traffic
  • Verify Attributes of Identified SilentBanker Intrusion
  • Verify Attributes of Intrusion Through Additional Analysis
  • Windows Event Log Manipulation via Windows Event Viewer

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• CourseLinux Network Administration 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  5 sections · 24 lectures

  1. Training Overview 2
  2. Introduction 2
  3. Lab Setup 4
  4. Linux Network Administration 15
  5. Audio Version of the Training 1

Practise

• LabsNetwork Operations Specialist Training Series — 49 labs 🔒 StationX Unlimited
  • Analyze Malicious Network Traffic
  • Applying Filters to TCPDump and Wireshark
  • Auditing Service Accounts
  • Auditing Service Accounts and Creation of Service Accounts To Run Specific Services
  • Auditing Service Accounts and Setting Up Automated Log Collection
  • Baseline Systems in Accordance with Policy Documentation
  • Block Incoming Traffic on Known Port
  • Clonezilla_Network
  • Comparing Controls
  • Conduct Root Cause Analysis for System Crashes
  • Conduct Supplemental Monitoring
  • Control Assessment and Evaluation
  • Creating a List of Installed Programs, Services and User Accounts from a WIN2K12 Server
  • Denial of Service PCAP Analysis
  • Firewall Setup and Configuration
  • Host Identification Scanning via Windows
  • Host Identification Scanning with Linux
  • Identify Access to a LINUX Firewall Through SYSLOG Service
  • Intro to Linux - Routing and SSH Tunnels
  • LNX101 - OpenSSH Installation, Configuration, and Hardening
  • LNX101 - Setting Up a Firewall With UFW and Firewalld
  • LNX101 - Telnet vs. SSH
  • Manual Vulnerability Assessment
  • Manually Analyze Malicious PDF Documents
  • Manually Analyze Malicious PDF Documents 2
  • Monitoring and Verifying Management Systems
  • Network Segmentation (FW/DMZ/WAN/LAN)
  • Network Topology Generation
  • PAM Lab
  • Parse Files Out of Network Traffic
  • Participate in Attack Analysis Using Trusted Tool Set
  • Patching With WSUS
  • Preliminary Scanning
  • Protect Against Beaconing
  • Recover from Incident
  • Rogue Device Identification and Blocking
  • Scanning From Windows
  • Scanning with Nmap
  • Securing Linux - Firewalls
  • Securing Linux for System Administrators
  • Setting Up SYSLOG Forwarding From a Windows System
  • Setting Up Zones in a Firewall
  • Snort Signatures, IDS Tuning, and Blocking
  • Tweaking Firewall Rules for Detection
  • Use pfTop to Analyze Network Traffic
  • Using Snort and Wireshark to Analyze Traffic
  • Vulnerability Analysis/Protection
  • Windows Event Log Manipulation via Windows Event Viewer
  • Windows System Hardening with PowerShell