System and Network Security Introduction
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In this Network security training course, you gain the knowledge and skills to analyze and assess network risks, select and deploy appropriate countermeasures, evaluate methods for strong authentication, search for possible vulnerabilities in operating systems, and reduce your organization’s exposure to dangers in enterprise-wide and virtual private networks.
You Will Learn How To
- Analyze your exposure to security threats
- Protect your organization's systems and data
- Deploy firewalls and data encryption to minimize threats
- Assess alternative user and host authentication mechanisms
- Manage risks originating from inside the organization and the internet
Important Course Information
Recommended Experience:
- Familiarity using Microsoft Windows
Certification Preparation:
- This course covers multiple domains on the (ISC)2 CISSP certification exam
- If you are interested in achieving the CISSP certification, see Course 2058, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification Exam Preparation
- This course provides 23 'A-level' CPE credits toward maintaining your CISSP certification
Course Outline
- Building a Secure Organization
Real threats that impact cybersecurity
- Hackers inside and out
- Eavesdropping
- Spoofing
- Sniffing
- Trojan horses
- Viruses
- Wiretaps
A cyber security policy: the foundation of your protection
- Defining your information assurance objectives
- Assessing your exposure
- A Cryptography Primer
Securing data with symmetric encryption
- Choosing your algorithm: DES, AES, Rc4 and others
- Assessing key length and key distribution
Solving key distribution issues with asymmetric encryption
- Generating keys
- Encrypting with RSA
- PGP and GnuPG
- Evaluating Web of Trust and PKI
Ensuring integrity with hashes
- Hashing with Md5 and SHA
- Protecting data in transit
- Building the digital signature
- Verifying User and Host Identity
Assessing traditional static password schemes
- Creating a good quality password policy to prevent password guessing and cracking
- Protecting against social engineering attacks
- Encrypting passwords to mitigate the impact of password sniffing
Evaluating strong authentication methods
- Preventing password replay using one-time and tokenized passwords
- Employing biometrics as part of multi-factor authentication
Authenticating hosts
- Distrusting IP addresses
- Address-spoofing issues and countermeasures
- Solutions for wireless networks
- Preventing System Intrusions
Discovering system vulnerabilities
- Searching for operating system vulnerabilities
- Discovering file permission issues
- Limiting access via physical security
Encrypting files for confidentiality
- Encryption with application-specific tools
- Recovering encrypted data
Hardening the operating system
- Locking down user accounts
- Securing administrator's permissions
- Protecting against viruses
- Guarding Against Network Intrusions
Scanning for vulnerabilities
- Searching for rogue servers
- Profiling systems and services
Reducing Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
- Securing DNS
- Limiting the impact of common attacks
Deploying firewalls to control network traffic
- Preventing intrusions with filters
- Implementing cyber security policy
- Deploying personal firewalls
Protecting web services and applications
- Validating user input
- Controlling information leakage
- Ensuring Network Confidentiality
Threats from the LAN
- Sniffing the network
- Mitigating threats from connected hosts
- Partitioning the network to prevent data leakage
- Identifying wireless LAN vulnerabilities
Confidentiality on external connections
- Ensuring confidentiality with encryption
- Securing communication with IPSec
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Tuition
Standard
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In Classroom or
Online
Standard
$3285
Government
$2890
Private Team Training
Course Tuition Includes:
Training Hours
Standard Course Hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
*Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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