Foundations · Network

Fundamentals of
Networking & Infrastructure

The indispensable technical foundation for any cybersecurity career. Master the protocols, equipment and architectures that sustain modern corporate infrastructure.

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Curriculum 06 Practical Modules

Intensive training designed to build the networking and infrastructure foundation required to operate in the Cybersecurity field.

Module 01 — OSI Model and TCP/IP

The 7 layers of the reference model, data encapsulation and fundamental protocols: IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP and ARP.

Module 02 — Addressing and Subnets

IPv4, IPv6, CIDR, subnet calculation, NAT/PAT and corporate addressing planning.

Module 03 — Network Equipment

Switches, routers, access points and load balancers. VLANs, trunking and network segmentation.

Module 04 — Firewalls and Perimeter Defense

Stateful vs stateless, ACL rules, DMZ, reverse proxy and defense-in-depth architecture.

Module 05 — Network Services

DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, FTP/SFTP. How each service works and where the risks lie.

Module 06 — Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Wireshark, tcpdump, ping, traceroute, netstat. Traffic capture and analysis for problem diagnosis.