The basic, introductory topics provide a firm foundation Security: Threats, the plan-protect-respond cycle for corporate security management, security planning, and protection-phase issues, such as authentication, firewalls, and cryptography.   Network Design and Management: Shows students how to analyse requirements and turn them into simple network designs. This chapter also covers quality of service goals and the management of temporary traffic peaks and permanent bottlenecks. An introduction to Microsoft® Office Visio for the creation of network diagrams takes the concepts of network design and management one step further.    Job-level content prepares students with the skills demanded by today's employers Goes beyond the basic topology and switch operation to cover topics such as: link aggregation, the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, overprovisioning versus priority, switch purchasing considerations, and more Focuses on skills and issues likely to arise in job interviews and on the job: laying out an Ethernet LAN with 8.02.11 Wi-Fi; OM standards and link aggregation; Wi-Fi security; IPv6; SDN; and more.   The latest in networking techniques and wireless networking, including a focus on security, keeps students up to date and aware of what’s going on in the field: Security: More information on security than previous editions Wireless: A strong focus on wireless, including the revolutionary 802.11ac and 802.11ad standards, plus information on WLAN handoffs, Bluetooth profiles, cellular data service, and other wireless topics Cloud Computing and BYOD: An emphasis on cloud computing and the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) revolution IPv6: The TCP/IP chapters offer more information on IPv6, an area in which interest has recently spiked among networking professionals Chapter 8 goes into more detail on the IPv6 header, the next header architecture of the packet, and the complex addressing scheme introduced with IPv6 Chapter 9 adds new information on introducing IPv6 in an IPv4 world and the other “v6” standards that help companies manage IPv6; Chapter 9 also discusses the complex options for getting IPv4 and IPv6 to work together