Certified Network Defender (CND) is a vendor-neutral, hands-on, instructor-led comprehensive network security certification training program. It is a skills-based, lab intensive program based on a job-task analysis and cybersecurity education framework presented by the National Initiative of Cybersecurity Education (NICE). The program prepares network administrators on network security technologies and operations to attain Defense-in-Depth network security preparedness. It covers the protect, detect and respond approach to network security.

This course puts you in the driver’s seat of a hands-on environment with a systematic process. Here, you will be exposed to an entirely different way of achieving optimal information security posture in the organization; by hacking it! You will scan, test, hack and secure your own systems. You will be taught the five phases of ethical hacking and how you can approach your target and succeed at breaking in every time! The five phases include Reconnaissance, Gaining Access, Enumeration, Maintaining Access, and covering your tracks.

Organizations are increasingly in need of a new set of skills and processes to ensure the security of information at a scale that will be required tomorrow. Achieving the C|CISO Certification will differentiate you from others in the competitive ranks of senior Information Security Professionals. C|CISO will provide your employers with the assurance that as a C|CISO executive leader, you possess the proven knowledge and experience to plan and oversee Information Security for the entire corporation.