Enterprise Networking, Security and Automation (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Course describes the architecture, components, operations, and security to scale for large, complex networks, including wide area network (WAN) technologies. The course emphasizes network security concepts and introduces network virtualization and automation. Students learn how to configure, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise network devices and understand how application programming interfaces (API) and configuration management tools enable network automation.

By the end of this course, students will be able:

- Configure single-area OSPFv2 in both point-to-point and multiaccess networks.
- Explain how to mitigate threats and enhance network security using access control lists and security best practices.
- Implement standard IPv4 ACLs to filter traffic and secure administrative access.
- Configure NAT services on the edge router to provide IPv4 address scalability.
- Explain techniques to provide address scalability and secure remote access for WANs.
- Explain how to optimize, monitor, and troubleshoot scalable network architectures.
- Explain how networking devices implement QoS.
- Implement protocols to manage the network.
- Explain how technologies such as virtualization, software defined networking, and automation affect evolving networks.

Objective

By the end of this course, students will be able:

· Configure single-area OSPFv2 in both point-to-point and multiaccess networks.
· Explain how to mitigate threats and enhance network security using access control lists and security best practices.
· Implement standard IPv4 ACLs to filter traffic and secure administrative access.
· Configure NAT services on the edge router to provide IPv4 address scalability.
· Explain techniques to provide address scalability and secure remote access for WANs.
· Explain how to optimize, monitor, and troubleshoot scalable network architectures.
· Explain how networking devices implement QoS.
· Implement protocols to manage the network.
· Explain how technologies such as virtualization, software defined networking, and automation affect evolving networks.

Content

Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation (ENSA) describes the architecture, components, operations, and security to scale for large, complex networks, including wide area network (WAN) technologies. The course emphasizes network security concepts and introduces network virtualization and automation. Students learn how to configure, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise network devices and understand how application programming interfaces (API) and configuration management tools enable network automation. The course includes activities using Packet Tracer, hands-on lab work, and a wide array of assessment types and tools.

Materials

All needed material will be available online in https://www.netacad.com and ITSlearning.
Further course enrollment instructions are provided by instructor.
Please register to the site using school email.

Teaching methods

Learning is achieved through contact lectures, written home assignments and laboratory assignments.

Exam schedules

Theory final exam and Packet Tracer exam will held in course.
You can do one re-exam within course deadline.
NOTE: Course ending time shown in academy system is not real, please check the course plan for end date!

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

The use of generative AI will be instructed in learning assignments.

Completion alternatives

Fast Track:
Final Exam (>70%), Skills Based Exam (>70%), Course Feedback
Only one attempt per exam. The exams are done during one day.
In case of a failure in any of the exams, the course has to be done in normal way.

Student workload

Lecturing and laboratory work each week
Independent studying, including:

- Studying the course material
- Completing exercises
- Preparation for finals exam(s)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Laboratory assignments in laboratory room
Packet tracer assignments done at home
Module exams
Practice final exams
Theory final exam and Packet Tracer final exam.


The overall result is the sum of the all results of the assignments and exams, passing limit is 50%.
Detailed grading limits will be provided in course plan when course starts but past grading limits have been the following:

Less than 50% Fail
50-59% Grade 1
60-69% Grade 2
70-79% Grade 3
80-89% Grade 4
90% or higher Grade 5

Failed (0)

The overall result is the sum of the all results of the assignments and exams less than 50%.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The overall result is the sum of the all results of the assignments and exams is between 50-69%.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The overall result is the sum of the all results of the assignments and exams is between 70-89%.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The overall result is the sum of the all results of the assignments and exams is over 90%.

Qualifications

Courses Internet Networks and Security (5051215) and Introduction to Networks (TE00BU42) ,or equivalent skills.

Further information

All learning materials are available via Cisco Networking Academy and ITSlearning.