Fundamentals of Network Security

Product Code: MS2810 Overview This four-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to begin supporting network security within an organisation. Students who complete this course will be able to identify security threats and vulnerabilities, help respond to and recover from security incidents. Objectives After completing this course, students will be able to: Explain common attacks against network assets, the associated threats and vulnerabilities, and what network security personnel do to secure assets. Explain how to use cryptography to help protect information and how to choose an appropriate encryption method for an organisation. Implement security-enhanced computing baselines in an organisation. Help protect information in an organisation by using authentication and access control. Deploy and manage certificates. Help protect transmission of data by identifying threats to network devices and implementing security for common data transmission, remote access, and wireless network traffic. Help protect Web servers against common attacks and configure security for Web browsers. Help protect e-mail messages and instant messaging from common security threats. Identify common security threats and vulnerabilities to directory services and DNS, and then apply security methods to help protect them. Identify network perimeter threats and monitor perimeter security for a network. Identify types of security policies to manage operational security, and then use these policies to ensure compliance by users in an organisation. Preserve business continuity by implementing a security-enhanced disaster recovery strategy, communicating risks to others, and performing secure backup and recovery. Identify, respond to, and assist in the formal investigation of security incidents. Audience This course is designed for administrators who are responsible for the day-to-day administration of Microsoft Windows 2000. Students should have general knowledge of networking concepts and one or more years of experience managing Windows 2000. Other IT professionals may also take this course on the path to becoming a security specialist. Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have one year of experience managing Windows 2000 Server or have equivalent knowledge and skills, such as those described in MOC Course 2152: Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server.

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