Six-week Pacing Guide with Weekly Assignments

1/19/2022

The course is divided into seven sections:

Section 1:            Course Overview

Section 2:            Understanding OSI and TCP/IP

Section 3:            Securing Network Devices

Section 4:            Using Segmentation Strategies to Improve Network Security

Section 5:            Performing Root Cause Analyses

Section 6:            Designing Secure Network Architectures

Section 7:            Course Summary

                              Appendix – Managing the Security Process

By following this study plan, this course can be completed in six (6) weeks or less.

Week 1:              Course Overview

                              Lesson 2.1:  Network Types and Devices

                              Lesson 2.2:  Setting up the Network

Lesson 2.3:  Network Alignment

                              Lesson 3.1:  Security Features

• Read Panko (2019), chapters 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9
• Read Chapple (2021), lesson 11
• Start reading Chapple Lesson 1
• Watch Pluralsight Video:  Wi-Fi networking, Introduction to NAT
• Complete the following course labs:
  • The OSI Model
  • IPv4 vs. IPv6 – Calculating, Configuring, and Testing
  • TCP/IP Protocols – The Core Protocols

Week 2 and

Week 3:               Lesson 3.2:  Challenges

                              Lesson 3.3:  Applying Network Standards

Lesson 4.1:  Security Solutions

                              Lesson 4.2:  Segmentation

• Read Panko 6, 7, 11, Appendix
• Finish Chapple Lesson 1
• Watch Pluralsight Videos:  Installing and Configuring Wireless Security Settings and Understanding Routing Concepts
• Read Panko Lesson 5 and Appendix
• Complete the following course labs:
  • Configuring Port Redirection
  • Closing Ports and Unnecessary Services
  • Implementing Security Policies on Windows and Linux
  • Network Security – Firewalls
  • Securing the pfSense Firewall
  • Implementing NAT and Allowing Remote Access
  • Configuring Network Segmentation and Security

Week 4 and

Week 5:               Lesson 5.1:  Modeling

                              Lesson 5.2:  Troubleshooting

                              Lesson 5.3:  Solutions

Lesson 6.1:  Network Infrastructure

                              Lesson 6.2:  Security Threats

                              Lesson 6.3:  Secure Network Design

• Review Panko, chapters 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and Appendix
• Read Chapple, Chapter 15, Performing Vulnerability Assessments.
• Read Chapple, Chapter 16, Managed Services in the Cloud (NEW!), Perform Configuration Management, Managing Change, and Managing Patches and Reducing Vulnerabilities (NEW!), and;
• Read Chapple Lesson 17, Logging and Monitoring AND Detective and Preventive Measures.
• Read Chapple, Chapter 12, Secure Communications and Network Attacks.
• Watch Pluralsight Videos on The Fundamentals:  Putting Clouds in Context AND Cloud and Virtualization
• Complete the following Course Labs:
  • Network Troubleshooting
  • Vulnerability Scanning of a Linux Target
  • Deep Dive in Packet Analysis – Using Wireshark and Network Miner
  • Incident Response Procedures, Forensics, and Forensic Analysis
  • Using Public Key Encryption to Secure Messages
  • Performing Account and Permissions Audits
• START PERFORMANCE TASK

Week 6:               Course Summary

Complete all readings

                              Complete C700 “Confidence Builder” and “Power Builder” exercises

                              SUBMIT PERFORMANCE TASK

End of Course

v. 3         10/8/2021 – C700 6 – week “suggested” pacing guide

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