Cisco Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions (ECMS)

Before taking this offering, you should have earned a Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) certification or be familiar with: General Networking Be actively engaged in the design, deployment, scaling, configuration, and management of enterprise networks, IPsec, and associated VPN technologies Be experienced with hierarchical network segmentation (access, distribution, and core layer) design and best practices Strong fundamental knowledge of internet protocol (IP) addressing and subnetting schemas necessary to build local area networks (LANs) A foundational understanding of network authentication, authorization, and accounting services Strong fundamental knowledge of dynamic routing protocols with focus and emphasis on open shortest path first (OSPF) and border gateway protocol (BGP) A foundational understanding of wired and wireless QoS mechanisms, packet queue operations, and practical implementations A foundational understanding of threat modeling concepts and methodologies and the ability to apply them to identify, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity threats A foundational understanding of network security controls and protocols, network management best practices, and data security Intermediate fundamental knowledge of radio frequency (RF) concepts, terminology, design principles, and practical implementations as they apply to wireless networking and current 802.11 wireless standards A foundational understanding of wireless security best practices centered on access control (802.1x) and spectrum security through wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS) and prevention system (WIPS) A foundational understanding of standard logging and monitoring protocols with a focus and emphasis on simple network management protocol (SNMP), syslog, and webhooks, and related implementation components or tools Be familiar with and have basic knowledge of Application Programming Interface (APIs) and related languages and formats, such as representational state transfer (REST) and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)