Network Security Foundation Training in South Africa

  • Learn via: Classroom / Virtual Classroom / Online
  • Duration: 3 Days
  • Price: Please contact for booking options
We can host this training at your preferred location. Contact us!

Organisations must consider securing their systems and platforms that are linked across enterprise-wide and virtual private networks, notwithstanding connect mobile users. In this course, delegates will learn about the fundamental security concepts, security policy management and end-to-end network security. This course helps delegates to analyse the risks to networks and the appropriate countermeasures (firewalls and intrusion detection) to reduce exposure to network attacks and malicious software.

This course provides the essential network security foundation training needed to address the cyber threat lifecycle.

There are no specific prerequisites for this course, however, participants are expected to have a general understanding of cyber threats and risk management. This course does not teach TCP/IP or OSI model topics in depth.

  • Networking Basics
  • Fundamental Security Concepts
  • Security Policy Management
  • AD Group Policy
  • Tunnelling & End to End Security
  • Firewalls and Intrusion Detection
  • Attacks and Malicious Software

Module 1 - Recap Networking Basics

  • OSI Model
  • TCP/IP


Module 2 - Fundamental Security Concepts

  • Encryption
  • Hashing
  • Access Control
  • Digital Signature
  • Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
  • Secure planning
  • Policies and mechanisms


Module 3 - Security Policy Management- Active Directory Group Policy (GPOs)

  • Introducing Group Policy
  • Containers
  • Templates
  • GPO
  • Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
  • Group Policy Implementation


Module 4 - Tunnelling and End-to-End Security

  • Security and network layers
  • IPSEC
  • SSL / TLS
  • Flaws and comparisons
  • SSH


Module 5 - Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

  • Firewalls
  • Packet filtering,
  • State full inspection
  • Application gateways
  • ACL's.


Module 6 - Attacks and Malicious Software

  • Malware
  • DDOS
  • SQL Injection
  • Cross Site Scripting



Contact us for more detail about our trainings and for all other enquiries!

Upcoming Trainings

Join our public courses in our South Africa facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.

Classroom / Virtual Classroom
27 November 2024
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
27 November 2024
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
22 January 2025
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
25 January 2025
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
07 February 2025
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
22 January 2025
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
25 January 2025
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
24 February 2025
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
3 Days
Network Security Foundation Training Course in South Africa

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