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SDN and SD-WAN Fundamentals: The Evolution of Quality and Security in SD-WAN

by Sean Douglas

This course will teach you the fundamentals of how SD-WAN creates a secure and reliable network solution by securing the data plane fabric, utilizing a variety of security features, and implementing application quality of service.

What you'll learn

These days, security is a critical element of today's networking infrastructure. Network administrators are hard-pressed to defend their network against attacks and breaches. Many organizations are turning to SD-WAN solutions to meet these crucial challenges. In this course, SDN and SD-WAN Fundamentals: The Evolution of Quality and Security in SD-WAN, you'll learn how SD-WAN creates a secure and reliable full-scale wide area network solution by securing the data plane fabric, utilizing a variety of security features, and implementing application quality of service. First, you’ll explore how SD-WAN data traffic is segmented as well as how applications are recognized within the secure data plane. Next, you’ll discover how SD-WAN uses a variety of security components, while utilizing the basic SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) approach to combining security and networking. Finally, you’ll learn how SD-WAN implements Edge QoS as well as how to how to deploy an SD-WAN QoS policy. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have fundamental knowledge of how SD-WAN provides enterprise security as well as understand how SD-WAN improves application performance with Edge quality of service policies.

About the author

Sean Douglas has more than 17 years of experience working extensively with Cisco technology. He didn't always understand how IP networks, voice, and video solutions work. Sean remembers clearly what it was like to start from the beginning, when everything was new and somewhat confusing. Fortunately, he had some exceptional teachers that took the time to explain things in plain terms. He also has an enthusiasm for learning and finding solutions. Sean brings that same passion for learning and enth... more

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