Network and Security Foundations (edX)

Network and Security Foundations (edX)
Course Auditing
Categories
Effort
Certification
Languages
None. However, Information Technology Foundations is recommended.
Misc

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Network and Security Foundations (edX)
This course introduces the components of a computer network and the concept and role of communication protocols. The course covers widely used categorical classifications of networks, as well as network topologies, physical devices, and layered abstraction. The course also introduces basic concepts of security, covering vulnerabilities of networks and mitigation techniques, security of physical media, and security policies and procedures.

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As computer systems become smaller, cheaper, and more readily accessible, it seems everyone is connected at the touch of a button. Organizations struggle to remain efficient as they manage growing numbers of single-user computer systems. These systems require interconnectivity to exchange data, share resources, and access more powerful computers for tasks too complicated for local computers to process.

All of these activities require computing devices to access multiple networks. This course introduces networks such as the local area network (LAN), the enterprise network, the campus area network (CAN), the metropolitan area network (MAN), metro Ethernet, the personal area network (PAN), the virtual private network (VPN), and the wide area network (WAN).

The course discusses the essentials for implementing modern computer networks. Each lesson goes through the various networking technologies. The course introduces the concepts and practices associated with network security vulnerabilities, threats, risk mitigation, and the policies and procedures associated with security management.

This course is part of the Introduction to Information Technology MicroBachelors


What you'll learn

In this course, you will learn about the following concepts:

- The basic concepts essential to networking

- The functional and technical components of network systems

- The basic security concepts associated with networks



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Course Auditing
141.00 EUR
None. However, Information Technology Foundations is recommended.

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