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HPE Aruba Networking Certified Associate - Network Security

HPE associate-level Network Security certification validating foundational security knowledge.

Licensing authority: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Initial by examination
HPE Network Security Associate Exam
Boundary
The certification page's separate recertification alternatives and other expert/practical examinations are not initial-route requirements and are outside this task. This vendor certification is not represented as state licensure.
Delivery
English written, proctored, single-response and multiple-response multiple-choice exam at a Pearson test center or through OnVUE; online remote proctoring is unavailable in China, Iraq, North Korea and Syria. Reservation and candidate-agreement acceptance are necessary. No reference material is permitted. Specific future dates and seats are determined by official scheduling, not guaranteed by this overview.
Population
Candidates new to this certification; initial acquisition only.
Prerequisites
The official initial path has no prerequisites. Typical six-to-twelve-month wired/wireless networking experience describes the ideal candidate, not a mandatory prerequisite credential.
Registration
Use an HPE profile and https://cp.certmetrics.com/hpe. Select HPE6-A78 under Eligible Exams or follow its official Register for this Exam link, then complete the Pearson VUE reservation. A Learner ID is required only for instructor-led training, not for exam scheduling or taking the exam; current explicit platform migration instructions supersede the older certification-PDF account boilerplate.
Training
Network Security Fundamentals, Rev. 24.41 is recommended training; successful training completion alone does not ensure passing the exam. It is not an additional required exam or award.
Validity
The current adopted content update went live October 15, 2024 and retains HPE6-A78. No announced exam retirement was found in the current official examination catalogue, data card, guide or applicable release notes. validThrough is null, not an inferred extension of any known deadline. No successor or other language version is included.

HPE Network Security Associate Exam

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
Proctored multiple-choice written examination, single-response and multiple-response items; testing center or OnVUE
Exam questions
Total questions: 60.
Time limit
1 hour 30 minutes
Passing score
63%
Examination outline
  • Protect and Defend (70%)
    • Common security threats and vulnerabilities
    • Security protocols and use cases
    • PKI components
    • Firewall, dynamic segmentation, RBAC and AppRF
    • User roles and policy enforcement
    • Purpose and methods of packet capture
    • Social engineering and defense
    • Disable insecure protocols and implement secure management
    • Network infrastructure protection best practices
    • External authentication for network managers
    • Wireless LAN methodologies
    • Basic WLAN security deployment
    • Basic user roles for wireless users
    • Wired LAN methodologies
    • Basic user roles for wired users
    • Endpoint classification methods
    • Introductory Axis Atmos Security Service Edge technology
  • Analyze (24%)
    • WIPS and WIDS alarms
    • Attack stages and kill chain
    • Log collection for analysis
    • Troubleshooting with access tracker
    • Historical network pattern data
    • Discovered endpoint identification and evaluation
  • Investigate (6%)
    • Log collection for investigation
    • Chain of custody
    • Initiating an investigation
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