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 Duration 28 hours

Course Outline

Introduction – What is Security?

  • Basic definitions and how to think about security
  • Attacker profiles: who might try to attack us and why
  • Simple risk management: what to secure first
  • Assessing threats and vulnerabilities
  • Sources of best practices and recommendations

Basic Confidentiality and Integrity Mechanisms

  • Encryption – basic algorithms, where they are used, and what they provide
  • Cryptographic attacks – which algorithms to avoid and why
  • Integrity – protecting data from modification
  • Certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • Man-in-the-middle attacks
  • Secure password storage
  • Password cracking and user database leaks – what do they involve?

Security Services in Networks

  • AAA model
  • Authentication and authorization protocols (RADIUS, TACACS, Kerberos)
  • IEEE 802.1x – user and device authentication
  • Protecting services in local networks (DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection)

Security Systems

  • Firewalls – types, operating methods, configuration
  • Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS/IDS)
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • Event logging systems

Wireless Networks

  • WEP, WPA, WPS – what do they entail?
  • Breaking in – what can be obtained from intercepted traffic

Building a Wide Area Network – Connecting Branches

  • Traffic tunneling protocols – fundamentals
  • VPN tunnels – types (site-to-site and remote access)
  • Corporate vs. public VPN networks – what is the difference?
  • Security issues – which solutions should not be used

Security Testing

  • Penetration testing – what does it involve?
  • Network scanning and vulnerability detection
  • Network attack simulation

Requirements

  • Familiarity with basic computer networking concepts (IP addressing, Ethernet, basic services such as DNS and DHCP)
  • Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems (basic administration, system terminal)

Audience

  • Individuals responsible for network and service security,
  • Network and system administrators seeking to learn about security systems,
  • Anyone interested in the subject.

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