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CCNA Cyber Ops Skills Challenge Game

The Cyber Ops Skills Challenge game is an optional activity, found after Chapter 13 of the CCNA Cyber Ops course, that allows students to use their skills and knowledge to compete with other students. Instructors can set up teams or individuals to compete for points. It’s an excellent way for your students to reinforce learning in a positive, fun, and fast-paced environment. The game consists of two VMs. A classroom server VM and a client VM for game play and game administration. 

The CyberOps Skills Challenge Game was developed by the Networking Academy "Learn Engineering" Team. This is a team within Cisco Networking Academy responsible for CyberSecuriy Operations and IOT Security. They are also exploring "gamification" and want to improve "learner engagement".

The CyberOps Skills Challenge exists in a client server environment in which the client and server are virtual machines run under Oracle VirtualBox. The server VM distributes the game content to the players and allows administration of users, teams, and game sessions. The game server runs on a host on the LAN. Students connect to the game server from a game client VM that is run on hosts in the classroom. Internet access is required for the game clients so that students can access threat intelligence tools and other information on the Internet.

The game and the necessary files can be downloaded from the Instructor Resource Page. It supports teams and individual players and can be played asynchronously. Virtual Machines with Virtual Box are used, requiring max. 5 GB of disk space and 4 GB of RAM. During the game students have to solve problems and answer questions. Instructions for installing and administering the game are provided in the Instructor Guide. Instructions for playing the game are included in the Student Guide.

Question Categories
Application Control - Attacks - CIA - Compliance - Cryptography - CVSS - Cyber Kill Chain - Digital Forensics - Malware - Management - Networking - Security Concepts - 
Security Data - Security Onion - Threat Actors - Threat Intelligence - Tools - Wireshark

Powerpoint Presentation: Download Cisco CyberOps Skills Challenge

NetAcad Equipment & hardware bundles

The minimum discount for hardware bundles for Cisco Academies is 60%. Academies are eligible to buy hardware if there is at least accredited instructor. For downloading IOS versions and enabling advanced features a free maintenance agreement needs to be signed.

In the attached presentation you will learn recent information regarding hardware bundles for Cisco Academies:

- Current Equipment Lists and Documents
- Ordering Equipment
- Enabling advanced features, downloading IOS & NetAcad Maintenance
- Equipment Life Cycle + End of Life/Sale Annoucements

Powerpoint Presentation: Download NetAcad Equipment Deep Dive

Hardware & Troubleshooting IT Essentials

Voor de online cursus IT Essentials bestaat er veel online materiaal met tips en informatie over hardware en troubleshooting. Ziehier enkele voorbeelden:

REPLACE DIRECT

Veelgestelde vragen LCD Beeldschermen
NL URL: https://www.replacedirect.be/nl/klantenservice/veelgestelde-vragen/vragen-beeldschermen.html

Red Hat Academy Registration

Red Hat Academy Information: https://www.redhat.com/cms/managed-files/tr-red-hat-academy-brochure-interactive-f8578-201806-en_0.pdf

Academy Registration: www.redhat.com/academy

EMEA Contact:  Sandra Moldoveanu <smoldove@redhat.com>

After registration and acceptance educational institutions are able to use course materials from Gilmore via https://gilmore.ca/RedHat/Default.aspx (licence codes for 6 months, accounts): HTML-pages (free), e-book (payment), printed copy (payment)

 

"Fiber is the Future" Workshop

On 7 and 8 January 2019 BiASC organized a practical hands-on fiber optics training in cooperation with SixFourteen Projects and T'SAAM VTI Diskmuide. Fiber is the future. It is relevant for NetAcad instructors to learn the tricks of the trade. Anyway, for Fiber you need to be focussed, clever and handy. If you are in a fiber team, some team members have to be handy, others have to be clever. Everyone has to be focussed.

Topics

• Cables, connectors and splicing: Hands-On Exercises
• Design and Measurement: Practical Applications
• Corning Fiber IQ Programme 

At the end of the training you will be able to install and measure fiber cable in your own school.

Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EWeRSPKdezLzmDJW8

If you want to know more about this  practical two-day training for six participants, please contact <yvan@biasc.be>

 

Good intentions, building bridges

Some of the messages from NetAcad that we have been reading lately, can be intentions to strive for in 2019

« ... Cisco Networking Academy has achieved successful student outcomes for more than 20 years by balancing agility with expertise—staying abreast of what’s next in technology while maintaining elements of our program that have proven effective ... » 

« ... We innovate everywhere to create fresh ideas and possibilities. We take bold risks to shape the future because we understand every failure is a success, if we learn from it ... » 

« ... Technology proficiency can be the key to a lifetime of opportunity for individuals in a rapidly digitizing world. Likewise, a workforce with skills and passion for the latest networking technologies is critical in the long-term ... » 

« ... doing amazing things with technology— with the ultimate goal of driving positive business outcomes, empowering people, and helping to better society at large ... solving problems, connecting people and striving for positive outcomes... » -- Tae Yoo, Cisco CSR

URL: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/csr/pdf/CSR-Report-2018.pdf

New CCNP PILOT for career-ready training

A new CCNP PILOT course is being tested by a group of experienced NetAcad instructors. On 7 March we will inform all interested community members and demonstrate the virtual labs and the learning environment.

A lot of demand has been received for an improved CCNP career-oriented training in Cisco Networking Academy. Recently a pilot project has started within BiASC in which twelve experienced Cisco NetAcad instructors will give feedback on the learning management system and the virtual labs.

On 7 March we intend to have an open meeting with the CCNP pilot instructors and other interested BiASC members. At the end of the session you will have a clear opinion about the new CCNP training materials and the virtual labs.

Topic: Cisco NetAcad CCNP ROUTE PILOT Meeting => Feedback Session
Date: 7 March 2019
Time: NL 10am-13pm *** FR 14-17pm
Address: Cisco BeLux, De Kleetlaan 6A, Diegem

REGISTRATION URL: https://goo.gl/forms/e4dQ0TDAekRAHXvR2

 

CiscoLive 2019 Registration for NetAcad Instructors

Cisco NetAcad instuctors are invited to take part in the annual CiscoLive conference in Barcelona in the last week of January. Access is free on Thursday 31 January  and Friday 1 February. On Wednesday 30 January the access ticket to explore the conference and be active in the learning labs will be 100 euro. For the full conference starting on Monday 28 January the Explorer Pass will cost 500 (early birds) or 700 euro.

You will be able to talk to experts and perform hands-on labs on all the relevant technologies for Networking Academies, including Software Defined Networking and Blockchain technology.

More information and registration: Download Cisco_live_Program_Registration_guideline_for_Instructors

NetAcad Days 24 & 25 januari 2019

Alle BiASC-leden worden uitgenodigd op de komende studiedagen op 24 en/of 25 januari bij Cisco in Amsterdam. Networking Academy helpt studenten om zich klaar te stomen voor de arbeidsmarkt van de toekomst. De sessies gaan door in het Nederlands.

 

NetAcad Days 24 & 25 januari 2019

 

Om het jaar 2019 goed te beginnen, nodigen wij u samen Cisco NetAcad uit voor de Cisco NetAcad Days op 24 en 25 januari op het kantoor van Cisco te Amsterdam. Tijdens deze dagen wordt u meegenomen in de nieuwste ontwikkelingen rondom het Networking Academy programma en de wereld van IT.

 

> Meld u aan
Inschrijven voor beide dagen is niet verplicht. 

 

Het Networking Academy programma bereidt sinds vele jaren studenten voor op de IT-arbeidsmarkt. In lijn met het dynamische en constant veranderende IT-landschap, investeert Cisco voortdurend in de Networking Academy. Dit zorgt voor ‘cutting-edge’ updates in het cursusmateriaal op onder andere netwerken, IoT en cybersecurity.

 

Met het toerusten in de juiste digitale vaardigheden, helpt de Networking Academy studenten om zich klaar te stomen voor de arbeidsmarkt van de toekomst.

 

Being BiASC, Trusted Advisor

Being BiASC, a trusted advisor in innovation in IT education, we are in frequent contact with IT Vendors and other partners offering or supporting IT academy programmes.

All BiASC academy members have the right to be informed of developments and opportunities.

Issue in the scoring of the Packet Tracer Practice exams

Currently, when using Packet Tracer version 7.2, some of the Skills Exams are scored incorrectly.  

The work around is to use the previous version 7.1, and the exams will score correctly.   

 

=> The new version of Packet Tracer 7.2.1 has solved the issue

New NetAcad Learning Portfolio

Here is the latest list of NetAcad courses for the coming year 2019. We are counting 38 courses at different education levels.
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Meeting with Cisco Academies from Wallonie-Bruxelles/ Cisco BeLux Office/ Diegem/ 23 November 2018

On 23 November a meeting was organized at the Cisco BeLux office in Diegem to discuss involvement and opportunities for Cisco Academies in Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Main points

• Wallonia needs a specific marketing plan to increase the number of students in IT degree programmes. A general plan to increase the number IT-skilled students and grow the Networking Academy in Wallonia will be part of that specific plan. Cisco CSR understands that growing the number of NetAcad students starts with an increase of the overal student population in IT degree programmes and in professional training.  
• BiASC is an official Cisco CSR partner for educational institutions. Cisco CSR supports BiASC in all activities regarding NetAcad members and programs. A very important role of an academy support center is to advise educational institutions how to install a career-oriented program with a global reach.
• Cisco Academies speak to Cisco via an Academy Support Center like BiASC. Whereas BiASC and other ASCs are considered to be partners, Cisco Academies are considered to be members (non-commercial customers) of the ASC.
• The reorganization of the BIASC internal structure will be based on five regions. In every region ASC advisors will be responsible for contacts with Cisco Academies and members. Also Ambassadors will be appointed.
• In order to sustain the Networking Academy Program in Belgium, Cisco Academies will pay a fee for instructor training and professional development, for access and software licences, for advice and support. The fee will be relative to the capacity and requirements of each individual academy. The focus for BiASC will continue to be on the principal duties of ASCs and ITCs, as put forward in the partnership relationship with Cisco CSR. More information regarding BiASC Duties & Responsibilities is found at the end of this web document.
• There is a need for mobile router labs and for a mobile Pearson Vue exam lab. This is considered a matter for the Academy Resource Center. A distinction needs to be made between the three different roles put forward in the Cisco Netacad Partner model. (See image "Cisco Networking Academy Partner Model" below)
• Outsourcing or project work regarding Country Digitization/ Innovation Competences/ Future Workforce - BiASC is active in several projects regarding innnovation competences and future workforce, and is open for project contracts with educational institutions. An institution is able to have a researcher, adviser or teacher take part in such a project and be paid back the salary.  

Cisco Networking Academy Partner Model
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Next steps (starting December 2018)

• Set up a group of responsible advisors, experts and ambassadors for five regions in Belgium
• Make a plan for human resources, priorities and budgets
• Make & execute marketing plan towards secondary education and others
• Organize events to attract new students 

Results

• December 2018 - List of advisors, experts and ambassadors for five regions in Belgium
  URL: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/biasc-contacts.html

 

Cisco NetAcad & Education Partners

Very often we are talking to organisations interested in the Networking Academy program. It is important to note that  NetAcad is an educational publisher, concerned with issues that are different from commercial aspirations:

• NetAcad will provide training for  students so that they will be able to better contribute to the changing economy.
• NetAcad will provide opportunities for teachers, educators and instructors to create a professional network so that they are better prepared in using new technologies.

Cisco Networking Academy is not commercial
All goals, activities and learning materials are relevant for the Future Workforce.
NetAcad does not focus on products, but rather on ideas, concepts, methods, competences and skills.

Cisco Systems & Cisco Learning are commercial
Cisco Learning focuses on professional certifications and on specific product knowledge.
Cisco Academies do not compete with commercial Cisco Partners. The goals as well as the course materials are completely different.

 

Practical Introduction to Emerging Technologies/ Network Programmability/ 30 NOV 2018

On 30 November there is a practical introduction to Network Programmability during the Global Online IPD Week, in Dutch language.

Presentations - used during the session

• Download En_ETW_Overview-PPT_v1.0 (5)
• Download ETW APIC-EM (1)

PATH TRACE - Sample Python Code 

• Download DevNet Ticket Hosts Network Devices Path Trace

CODING PRACTICE

• Coding is not new to Cisco. There have always been talented programmers for the IOS and for network applications.
• Writing simple code based on examples is easy.
• Writing complex code is difficult.
• Writing complex declarative CLI scripts is no easy task either.
• In the future a number of networkers will be writing code, if they like it.
• But even more networkers will run the code, and maybe adapt it.

Background - Useful Python Libraries for Network Engineers (YouTube)

• H. Preston, Useful Python Libraries for Network Engineers, Cisco DevNet
  URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4vfA11fPo0
  56:48 
  viewed on 30 November 2018
• Topics Covered - Time Links - Introduction
  Libraries to Work with Data - 1:52 - xmltodict - 3:30 - json - 8:14 - PyYAML - 11:21 - csv - 14:27 - pyang - 18:05 - API Libraries - 23:42 - requests & RESTCONF - 24:20 - ncclient & NETCONF - 32:56 - netmiko & CLI - 39:21 - pysnmp & SNMP - 44:03 - Configuration Management Tools - 46:26 - NAPALM - 47:52 - Ansible - 48:58 - Other Cool Python Tools - 49:51 - virlutils - 49:53 - pyATS - 51:45 - Summary - 52:59 - Webinar Resources - 54:03 - Code Exchange Challenge - 54:39

HOWTO integrate emerging technology workshops into the curriculum

Cisco Networking Academy will continue to offer specific Emerging Technology Workshops that can be used in addition to the existing curriculum.

Typically, the workshops use the Python programming language as well as relevant APIs to access and monitor services.

Topics

• Network Programmability
• DevNet
• DevOps
• Cloud
• Collaboration

Definitely, it is possible to use the Emerging Technology Workshops for any student group that is ready to grasp the new concepts and methods.

Overview how to integrate into the current curriculum

• PPT: Download Insertion Points - ETW 

More information about Emerging Technologies Workshops

• Download En_ETW_Overview-PPT_v1.0 (5)

BiASC Events NOV 2018-JUNE 2019

Here is a list of activities for Cisco Academies between November 2018 and June 2019

26-30 NOVEMBER 2018 - Webex Online
Global IPD Week

19 DECEMBER 2018 -  Cisco Diegem - 10-14
Connected Classroom - Classroom of the Future 

JANUARY -  MARCH - MAY
"Fiber is the Future" Workshop - Pics 2019

24-25 JANUARY 2019 - Cisco Amsterdam
Cisco Netacad Day - Pics 2018

28 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY 2019 - Barcelona
CiscoLive 2019 Partner Conference - Pics 2018

1 MARCH 2019 - Cisco Diegem
Talent Connection Event - Pics 2018

7 MARCH 2019 - Cisco Diegem
CCNP Pilot Demonstration & Feedback 

APRIL-MAY 2019 - Wallonie + Luxembourg
NetAcad Student Challenge - Pics 2018

MAY 2019 - Cisco Diegem
NetAcad Workshop Day - Pics 2018

ONGOING
Instructor Training and Workshops

Cisco Annual Talent Connection Event - 1 March 2019

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/fuUaAurZz7pF5MAx1

On 1 March Cisco BeLux invites all Cisco Academy students who are ready for ICND1, CCNA or CCNP certification.

Agenda

8:30-9:00 Reception Desk 
9:00-11:30 Relevant Information Sessions

Lunch

11:30-16:30 TAC Visits
13:30-16:30 Partner Information Stands
13:30-16:30 Informal Partner Interview Sessions

More information will follow soon.

Classroom of the Future Demo | Cisco Diegem | 19 DEC 2018

Geregeld krijgen we aanvragen omtrent de thematiek van "Classroom of the Future", en velen van ons zijn daarmee bezig.

Op 19 december 2018 is er de de gelegenheid voor een IT-lesgever én een andere deelnemer van een Cisco Academy om een demo CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE bij Cisco Diegem mee te maken. Dit initiatief komt vanuit de basis, en niet vanuit Cisco. Het zo goed zijn een IT'er en een niet-IT'er af te vaardigen. 

 

Het is wonderlijk te zien hoe graag de Cisco mensen zelf graag samenwerken met Webex Teams, en daarbij gebruik maken van HI RES displays en geluid.

 

Indien je graag deelneemt, geef de namen op van de twee deelnemers die aan de demo deelnemen. Het aantal plaatsen is beperkt.

 

Registratie URL: https://goo.gl/forms/LJXl6yUwjifinwr52

 

Wanneer	wo 19. dec 2018 10am – 2pm (CET)
Waar	cisco Diegem De Kleetlaan 6, 1831 Machelen

Next Instructor Professional Development (IPD) Week, 26-30 November 2018

 

Please join us for the next Instructor Professional Development (IPD) Week, 26-30 November 2018. We will be offering technical sessions as well as NetAcad program update sessions.

Program Updates -  Keep current with the latest from Cisco Networking Academy.
Topics include curriculum releases, new NetAcad.com features, equipment updates, and more.

 

Technical Sessions  

• Wireshark Tips & Tricks
• Attacking Networks using Kali Linux
• Hands-on for Model-driven Programmability
• SDN: an Open Source Demo
• NetAcad Equipment Deep Dive
• And many more!

ENROLL -   If this is your first Global IPD Week, you must enroll at https://cs.co/IPD19 

REGISTER – netacad.com - I’M LEARNING tab - "IPD Week FY19"