Overview/Description
Mitigating security threats can lessen the overall impact that an attack can have on network devices, hosts, and applications. In this course, you'll explore common mitigation techniques, as you prepare for exam N10-007.

Target Audience
Network administrators, network technicians, network installers, helpdesk technicians, IT cable installers, and any other professionals working with computer networks

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

CompTIA Network+ N10-007: Mitigation Techniques

start the course

describe signature management

describe device and host hardening

recognize when to change native VLANs

recognize switch port configuration using the Spanning Tree Protocol, BPDU guard, and root guard

recognize switch port protection such as ARP poisoning, DHCP snooping, and MAC filtering

describe network segmentation techniques such as DMZ and VLAN

understand when to use privileged user accounts

describe file integrity

describe role separation

recognize when to use access control lists

describe honeypots

recognize the benefits of penetration testing

implement mitigation techniques

Course Number:
cs_ctnp_a12_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate