Modern enterprise networks are not bounded by a perimeter. Cloud workloads, remote users, SaaS applications, and OT convergence have dissolved the traditional network edge. The network defender who still thinks in perimeter terms will miss the attacker who moves laterally inside the trusted zone after phishing one user. XNDS is built for the defender who wants to operate at the architecture and detection level.
Across six instructor-led days, participants build capability across modern network defence: secure network architecture design with zero trust principles, next-generation firewall and IPS deployment and tuning, network traffic analysis and threat hunting, cloud network security across AWS, Azure, and GCP, zero trust network access implementation, endpoint detection and response integration with network visibility, DNS security and web filtering, network incident response, and network forensics from PCAP through to investigative timeline. Every session uses real network traffic, real attack scenarios, and current adversary techniques.
On Day 6, participants conduct a supervised network defence exercise: analysing a live threat scenario from network telemetry, identifying the attack, containing it at the network layer, and producing a structured incident and defence improvement report. A senior practitioner assesses detection methodology, containment decisions, and reporting quality. XNDS certificate and Practitioner Assessment Report issued together.
