Cisco verifies that the earner of this badge successfully completed the Network Security course. The holder of this student-level credential understands network security and has skills in threat mitigation measures to protect data assets and network systems from attack, such as configuring device hardening, firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and virtual private networks. They participated in up to 18 hours of 45 hands-on labs using Cisco hardware and Cisco Packet Tracer.