This resource covers important foundational topics in the areas of enterprise cybersecurity and enterprise computer networking – important foundations in information technology.
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CCNA Security Fundamentals portal
This is a portal to the topics (subsections) of the Security Fundamentals section, Section 5, of the CCNA exam topics list, as listed in the official Cisco CCNA exam blueprint.
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This is a discussion of the social hacking skills of ethical hackers – the “soft skills” or “ethics skills” needed to accompany the technical hacking skills when teaching higher education students ethical hacking of computer systems.
This post sheds light on the technical hacking skills of ethical hackers – foundational technical hacking skills for higher education students learning ethical hacking of computer systems.
This resource offers a brief history of hackers and a discussion of hacker ethic and hacker practice. Finally, key skills of professional ethical hackers are discussed.
Foundations in enterprise computer networking
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A portal to select training/learning resources covering all the configure type topics listed in the CCNA 200-301 exam blueprint.
This CCNA math portal presents a rundown of the math you need to know at the CCNA level and provides some great resources for learning it.
CCNA wireless networking portal
This post outlines the wireless networking topics in the CCNA curriculum, organized by sections as per the CCNA exam blueprint. The point is to provide a quick and easy access to resources covering the topics via direct links to the resources.
Networking Fundamentals (Spring 2023)
This gitbook covers the basics of computer networking, for the CCNA but also in general. It is a work in progress. This work is noncommercial: by the community for the community.
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