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 the
security education framework and work role task analysis presented by
the National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF) as well as a job-task
analysis and cybersecurity education framework by the National
Initiative of Cybersecurity Education (NICE). The course has also been
mapped to global job roles and to the Department of Defense (DoD) job
roles for system/network administrators.
The program prepares network administrators how to identify what parts
of an organization need to be reviewed and tested for security
vulnerabilities and how to reduce, prevent, and mitigate risks in the
network. CND covers the protect, detect, respond and predict approach to
network security