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CloudNetX
CompTIA CloudNetX validates your ability to design and implement secure, scalable networking solutions in hybrid environments. You’ll cover key areas like security design, network monitoring, performance optimization, and advanced troubleshooting, with hands-on skills such as Zero Trust implementation. This certification equips you with the expertise to advance your career as a network architect, security architect, or enterprise architect.
Skills you'll learn
Analyze business requirements and design secure network architectures tailored for hybrid environments.
Implement Zero Trust principles, configure access controls, and secure hybrid networks to enhance network security.
Use tools to monitor network performance, automate tasks, and maintain reliable network environments for effective network monitoring and operations.
Diagnose and resolve connectivity, performance, and security issues to troubleshoot hybrid networks effectively.
Exam details
Exam version: V1
Exam series code: CNX-001
Launch date: February 18, 2025
Number of questions: maximum of 90, mix of multiple-choice and performance-based questions
Length of test: maximum of 165 minutes
Passing score: pass/fail only; no scaled score
Languages: English
Retirement: usually three years after launch
Recommended experience: at least 10 years of IT experience, including 5 years in a network architect role, with hybrid cloud environments and foundational knowledge equivalent to Network+, Security+, and Cloud+
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| Best for: |
Best for those looking to build skills, learn concepts, and gain hands-on experience. No prior related job role experience needed. |
Best for those looking to gain hands-on experience applying skills. |
| Primary purpose: |
Comprehensive learning with robust set of lab activities in real and simulated environments to practice skills and job readiness. |
Apply skills in real-world scenarios. |
| Contains: |
Instructional content, video, interactives, labs (simulated and live virtual machines), assessments, practice tests |
Live virtual lab environment with guided tasks and real world-scenarios |
| Estimated duration: |
30–60 hours |
15–25 hours |
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CloudNetX (V1) exam objectives summary
Network architecture design (31%)
- Core networking concepts: applying IP addressing, routing protocols, network address translation (NAT), and networking protocols.
- Network architectures: designing and implementing mesh, star, and spine-and-leaf topologies.
- Hybrid connectivity: configuring virtual private networks (VPNs), software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN), multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), and public cloud connections.
- Availability solutions: recommending load balancing, redundancy, autoscaling, and content delivery networks (CDNs).
- Campus installations: evaluating power, environmental factors, and physical access controls.
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Network security (28%)
- Threats and mitigations: identifying threats, addressing vulnerabilities, and applying mitigations.
- Security technologies: configuring firewalls, encryption protocols, and network access control (NAC).
- Access controls: defining firewall rules, security groups, and URL filtering.
- Zero trust: implementing zero trust network access (ZTNA), secure access service edge (SASE), microsegmentation, and cloud access security broker (CASB).
- IAM solutions: using single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), public key infrastructure (PKI), and privileged access management.
- Wireless security: applying encryption, authentication, and wireless isolation.
Network operations, monitoring, and performance (16%)
- Operations management: managing risk, ensuring continuity, and optimizing service delivery.
- Monitoring tools: using metrics, dashboards, logging, and alerting for performance.
- Automation: applying infrastructure as code (IaC), automation tools, and scripting for hybrid environments.
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Network troubleshooting (25%)
- Connectivity issues: resolving DNS, VPN, and cloud interconnectivity problems.
- Performance problems: diagnosing latency, load balancing, and packet loss issues.
- Security challenges: fixing firewalls, unauthorized access, and hybrid vulnerabilities.