Glen D. Singh - CCNA Security 210-260 Certification Guide: Build your knowledge of network security and pass your CCNA Security exam (210-260)

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Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity instructor and consultant for various institutions within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He conducts multiple training exercises in offensive security, digital forensics, and network security annually. He also holds various information security certifications, such as the EC-Council's Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI), Cisco's CCNA Security, CCNA Routing and Switching, and many others in the field of network security.

Michael Vinod is a freelance IT trainer and consultant specializing in Cisco routing, switching, and security technologies. He has expertise in the field of networking, with close to 3 years of field experience and 7 years of experience, as a Cisco training consultant. He has a passion for training individuals on Cisco technologies and has received accolades from various clients.

Vijay Anandh is an IT consultant and public speaker specializing in Cisco routing and switching, security, and F5 load balancer technologies. He has 9 years of combined experience as a training consultant and network architect.

Gurmukh Singh helps companies scale complex infrastructure and optimize technology. He is an expert in Big Data implementations and architecting high throughput networks.

He has authored few books on Hadoop and heading few of the open source community meetups. He founded Netxillon technologies, providing consultancy and training in Big Data and security. He likes solving complex problems and loves coding.

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Cisco is one of the premier vendors for network equipment and certifications. With their line of security appliances and security intelligence, Cisco has become a one-stop-shop for all your needs, from routers and switches to network security appliance for threat prevention and mitigation. The CCNA Security (210-260) certification validates whether a network security professional is able to identify, prevent, and mitigate existing and newly emerging threats and vulnerabilities using Cisco's switches, routers, and security appliances on the network infrastructure.

This book teaches you the basic to advanced stages of security configurations of the Cisco switches, routers and the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), from understanding key concepts to the configuration and implementation of the devices on the network. The hands-on approach ensures that you get the experience you need to be a network security professional.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to understand the concepts of both offensive and defensive security, identify and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities, secure a network using Cisco switches and routers, and configure and deploy the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).

This book is for students, enthusiasts, network security engineers, cyber security professionals, and security professionals in general. The reader should have a valid CCENT or CCNA routing and switching certification before taking the CCNA security examination.

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