Overview

The Certified Network Defender v3 (CND) credential is the most trusted network security certification that employers worldwide value and for good reasons. The comprehensive curriculum focuses on IoT security, network virtualisation practices for the remote workforce, enhanced cloud security, IoT and operational technology (OT) modules, introduction to threat intelligence, in-depth attack surface analysis, and much more.

When you successfully achieve the CND certification, you will be equipped with the skills needed to deploy the most comprehensive network defense system to protect digital business assets and detect and respond to cyber threats while leveraging threat intelligence to predict them before they happen.

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Exam Preparation

Training and Exam

Exam Domains

  • Network Defence Management

  • Network Perimeter Protection

  • Endpoint Protection

  • Application and Data Protection

  • Enterprise Virtual, Cloud, and Wireless Network Protection

  • Incident Detection

  • Incident Response

  • Incident Prediction

For more information, please refer to the Certified Network Defender (CND) blueprint

Schedule an Exam

To receive your exam voucher from EC-Council, please open the Aspen v2 Student User Guide and follow all steps. Once you have completed your evaluation as instructed you will be sent your exam voucher directly by EC-Council.

All official EC-Council training courses delivered by Lumify Work come with the standard exam voucher. The exam is required to be sat at a Lumify Work Campus in a proctored environment. Please contact our Customer Experience Team to arrange a suitable date and time: 1800 853 276 or [email protected]

If you do not wish to sit the exam at a Lumify Work campus for whatever reason, you may opt to take a remotely proctored exam (e.g. from home) or sit the exam at a Pearson VUE exam centre. However, both these options will be at an additional cost to you, transacted directly through EC-Council. Should you wish to do this, click through on the applicable link below and complete the exam upgrade. Please note you can only do this after you have received your exam voucher from EC-Council as per above.



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