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CIW Server Administrator Part 5: Server Integrity This is the final course in a five part series that deals with optimizing server performance and services and protecting the integrity of servers. The course will also cover server optimization, security, and fault tolerance.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 5: Intrusion Detection and Threat Analysis This is the final course in a five part series that teaches students how to automate intrusion detection, how to conduct a log analysis, and how to analyze the results of a security audit and implement solutions to problems identified by the audit.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 1: Network Security Introduction This is the first course in a five part series on security. This course teaches the concepts of security, the elements of a secure system, how to apply encryption principles, the different types of common security attacks, and how to create an effective security infrastructure.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 2: Network Security and Firewalls This is the second course in a five part series that teaches protocol layers and security, the resources needed to secure servers, using firewalls, the levels of firewall protection, how to detect and distract hackers, and how to respond to hacker activity.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 3: Operating System Security This is the third course in a five part series which covers the content in the CIW Security Professional Series. This course teaches security principles for Unix and Windows NT systems, implementing account security, implementing file system security, assessing security risks, and reducing risks.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 4: Security Auditing and Attack Techniques This is the fourth course in a five part series that teaches students about the role of the security auditor, discovery methods that can be used to find weaknesses, auditing server penetration and attack techniques, and the steps of the control phase.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 5: Intrusion Detection and Threat Analysis This is the final course in a five part series that teaches students how to automate intrusion detection, how to conduct a log analysis, and how to analyze the results of a security audit and implement solutions to problems identified by the audit.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Network Security Introduction The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Operating System Security The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Security Auditing and Attack Techniques The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Intrusion Detection and Threat Analysis The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Foundations - Network Technology Foundations The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Foundations - Internet Business Foundations - Part 1 This course consists of 4-units which the learners will learn about career oppurtunities in IT Web browsers multimedia Web databases and search engines.  more...

CIW Foundations - Internet Business Foundations - Part 2 This course consists of 4-units. In the first unit the learners will learn about e-mail technology and managing personal information In the next two units the learners will be taught about concepts of Internet services and tools and Internet security. Finally in the fourth unit the learners get an overview of project management principles.  more...

CIW Foundations - Site Development Foundations - Part 1 ...CIW Foundations is a three-course series that teaches the essential hands-on skills and knowledge that Internet professionals are expected to understand; Internet Business Foundations Site Development Foundations Network Technology Foundations. The revised objectives reflect advancements in technologies and tools (such as peer-to-peer networks instant messaging and blogging) and current  more...

CIW Foundations - Site Development Foundations - Part 2 ...CIW Foundations is a three-course series that teaches the essential hands-on skills and knowledge that Internet professionals are expected to understand; Internet Business Foundations Site Development Foundations Network Technology Foundations. The revised objectives reflect advancements in technologies and tools such as peer-to-peer networks instant messaging and blogging and current workplace  more...

CIW Security Professional - Network Security Introduction The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Network Security and Firewalls The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Operating System Security The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Security Auditing and Attack Techniques The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

CIW Security Professional - Intrusion Detection and Threat Analysis The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats developing counter measures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies.  more...

Review of Network Fundamentals This module presents the elements that make up a network starting with the devices that use the network to communicate. This module also reviews the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model which provides an important conceptual framework for discussing and comparing network devices and functions.  more...

E-Commerce This module begins by introducing the business principles that every e-commerce Web site must consider. We then move on to explore the extensive invisible "back-end" systems that make online business possible. Finally we introduce some of the most important legal concepts and developments that affect the Web professional.  more...

Internet Connectivity Technologies This module introduces the technologies used to connect individuals and organizations to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or to connect two or more LANs over an extended distance to form a WAN. We will introduce the most popular transmission services explain how each works and note their strengths and drawbacks.  more...

Internet Clients and Servers This module introduces the server computers and applications that enable various Internet services such as e-mail File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and the World Wide Web.  more...

Building Web Pages In this module you will learn how to create simple Web pages which are formally referred to as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents.  more...

Dynamic Site Technologies Each lesson in this module presents a general overview of a technology that can make dynamic sites possible. Each of these technologies is a complex subject in its own right so this module provides only a broad description of what they can do.  more...

Troubleshooting This module explains the basic methods of testing Web sites and servers and introduces the most common software and hardware tools used to troubleshoot network problems.  more...

Security This module introduces some of the most basic concepts and techniques in computer security.  more...

CIW Enterprise Specialist Part 3: EJB Framework and Session Beans This is the third course in a five-part series that covers software components distributed architectures and the technologies associated with the Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition. It provides an overview of the Enterprise JavaBean Framework and also covers the creation deployment and invocation of an Enterprise JavaBean. Topics covered include server-side component software defining software  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 1: Configuring This is the first course in a five part series that will teach students how to install and configure servers. This course will cover the common IT tasks and services, operating systems, installation strategies, and configuring systems such as Windows 2000 and Linux. Additionally, the students will learn about common Web servers, access methods and remote administration in IIS, and creating virtual  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 2: User Management This is the second course in a five part series that will teach students how to manage users. The essentials of user management are presented, as well as the techniques for managing users in Windows 2000 and managing users in Linux. Students will learn how to deal with the SAM, user rights, policies, and shared folders. In addition, they will learn how to deal with manually and automatically  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 3: Services This is the third course in a five part series that will teach students about services. This course will cover name resolution with Windows 2000 and Linux, name resolution with WINS and Samba, and implementing Internet services. The learner is taught how to install a DNS service in Windows 2000, and how to configure DNS servers and clients. This course also introduces NetBIOS, how to configure  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 4: Servers This is the fourth course in a five part series that will teach students about various servers. This course will cover Web applications, Perl, gateways, and streaming Web servers. Additionally, students will learn about the installation and configuration of both E-Mail and News.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 1: TCP/IP Fundamentals This is the first course in a five part series that presents students with a broad overview of TCP/IP network technology. This course will provide students an outline of the infrastructure of the Internet and the place of TCP/IP within this infrastructure. It will describe the features of TCP/IP architecture and Internet addressing, and cover the techniques for troubleshooting TCP/IP networks.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 2: IP Model This is the second course in a five part series that presents students with instruction in the subject of the IP model. It covers the features and functions of several layers in the OSI model - including the network access layer, the Internet layer, and the transport layer. The student will also learn how to use various TCP/IP troubleshooting tools.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 3: TCP/IP Functions and Services This is the third course in a five part series that will teach students about TCP/IP functions and services. This course will cover Internet addressing, including the domain name system. It will also cover the interaction between Unix and DNS and Windows 2000 and DNS. In addition, this course covers the BOOTstrap (BOOTP) and DHCP (DHCP) protocols, routing principles and protocols.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 4: Network Management This is the fourth course in a five part series that will provide instruction on the features of network management. This course will provide an overview of management functional areas and the network management model. It will also introduce the features and functions of SNMP. The student will learn how to install and configure SNMP and SNMP agents. This course will also introduce the features and  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 5: IPv6 This is the last course in a five part series that provides instruction on the features and functions of IPv6. This course will begin with a comparison of IPv4 and IPv6. Students will learn to examine the IPv6 header and extension headers, as well as the IPv6 address architecture. This course covers IPv6 routing and security, reduced network management with IPv6, and transitioning to IPv6.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 1: Network Security Introduction This is the first course in a five part series on security. This course teaches the concepts of security, the elements of a secure system, how to apply encryption principles, the different types of common security attacks, and how to create an effective security infrastructure.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 2: Network Security and Firewalls This is the second course in a five part series that teaches protocol layers and security, the resources needed to secure servers, using firewalls, the levels of firewall protection, how to detect and distract hackers, and how to respond to hacker activity.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 3: Operating System Security This is the third course in a five part series which covers the content in the CIW Security Professional Series. This course teaches security principles for Unix and Windows NT systems, implementing account security, implementing file system security, assessing security risks, and reducing risks.  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 4: Security Auditing and Attack Techniques This is the fourth course in a five part series that teaches students about the role of the security auditor, discovery methods that can be used to find weaknesses, auditing server penetration and attack techniques, and the steps of the control phase.  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 1: Configuring This is the first course in a five part series that will teach students how to install and configure servers. This course will cover the common IT tasks and services operating systems installation strategies and configuring systems such as Windows 2000 and Linux. Additionally the students will learn about common Web servers access methods and remote administration in IIS and creating virtual  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 2: User Management This is the second course in a five part series that will teach students how to manage users. The essentials of user management are presented as well as the techniques for managing users in Windows 2000 and managing users in Linux. Students will learn how to deal with the SAM user rights policies and shared folders. In addition they will learn how to deal with manually and automatically adding  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 3: Services This is the third course in a five part series that will teach students about services. This course will cover name resolution with Windows 2000 and Linux name resolution with WINS and Samba and implementing Internet services. The learner is taught how to install a DNS service in Windows 2000 and how to configure DNS servers and clients. This course also introduces NetBIOS how to configure WINS  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 4: Servers This is the fourth course in a five part series that will teach students about various servers. This course will cover Web applications Perl gateways and streaming Web servers. Additionally students will learn about the installation and configuration of both E-Mail and News.  more...

CIW Server Administrator Part 5: Server Integrity This is the final course in a five part series that deals with optimizing server performance and services and protecting the integrity of servers. The course will also cover server optimization security and fault tolerance.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 1: TCP/IP Fundamentals This is the first course in a five part series that presents students with a broad overview of TCP/IP network technology. This course will provide students an outline of the infrastructure of the Internet and the place of TCP/IP within this infrastructure. It will describe the features of TCP/IP architecture and Internet addressing and cover the techniques for troubleshooting TCP/IP networks.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 2: IP Model This is the second course in a five part series that presents students with instruction in the subject of the IP model. It covers the features and functions of several layers in the OSI model - including the network access layer the Internet layer and the transport layer. The student will also learn how to use various TCP/IP troubleshooting tools.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 3: TCP/IP Functions and Services This is the third course in a five part series that will teach students about TCP/IP functions and services. This course will cover Internet addressing including the domain name system. It will also cover the interaction between Unix and DNS and Windows 2000 and DNS. In addition this course covers the BOOTstrap (BOOTP) and DHCP (DHCP) protocols routing principles and protocols.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 4: Network Management This is the fourth course in a five part series that will provide instruction on the features of network management. This course will provide an overview of management functional areas and the network management model. It will also introduce the features and functions of SNMP. The student will learn how to install and configure SNMP and SNMP agents. This course will also introduce the features  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 5: IPv6 This is the last course in a five part series that provides instruction on the features and functions of IPv6. This course will begin with a comparison of IPv4 and IPv6. Students will learn to examine the IPv6 header and extension headers as well as the IPv6 address architecture. This course covers IPv6 routing and security reduced network management with IPv6 and transitioning to IPv6. Finally  more...

CIW Site Designer Part 1: Web Design Concepts and Site Development This first course in the series introduces Web design concepts including page layout usability navigation graphics and multimedia. It also teaches the process to follow when developing a Web site and implementation factors that need to be considered.  more...

CIW Site Designer Part 2: Basic Web Technologies This second course in the series teaches about Web technologies including HTML tables HTML frames metadata and cascading style sheets. It provides learners with the opportunity to practice working with all of these technologies.  more...

CIW Site Designer Part 3: Using FrontPage, Dreamweaver and HomeSite This third course in the series teaches learners how to use some of the more popular Web site development tools. It covers the basics of using Microsoft FrontPage Macromedia Dreamweaver and Allaire HomeSite.  more...

CIW Site Designer Part 4: Using Paint Shop Pro, Flash, JavaScript and DHTML This is the fourth course in a five part series. Students will learn the basics of using JASC Paint Shop Pro to create images for Web sites and Macromedia Flash to create animated Web sites. Subjects covered in this course include advanced Web design technologies including JavaScript and DHTML.  more...

CIW Site Designer Part 5: Advanced Web Technologies and Web Site Publishing This final course in the series continues teaching about advanced Web design technologies and concepts including XML HTTP servers cookies plug-ins Java applets databases and standards organizations. This course also teaches the final step in Web site design - publishing the site.  more...

CIW E-Commerce Designer Part 1: Foundations The aim of this course is to help prepare students for the CIW: E-Commerce Designer exam. This course presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on E-Commerce Designer foundations. The instruction can be divided into three main parts: E-Commerce Foundations B2B Frameworks and Law and the Internet.  more...

CIW E-Commerce Designer Part 2: Product Marketing This course presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on E-Commerce marketing. The instruction can be divided into two main parts: Web Marketing Goals and Online Product Marketing. In the Web Marketing Goals section the student will be given an overview of marketing goals and strategies. This will include an examination of the various types of marketing strategies product  more...

CIW E-Commerce Designer Part 3: Site Usability The aim of this course is to help prepare students for the CIW: E-Commerce Designer exam. This course presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on E-Commerce site usability. The instruction can be divided into three main parts: Site Usability Consumer Service Methods and Site Management.  more...

CIW E-Commerce Designer Part 4: Site Implementation The aim of this course is to help prepare students for the CIW: E-Commerce Designer exam. This course presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on E-Commerce site implementation. The instruction can be divided into two main parts: Site Creation Methods and Site Development.  more...

CIW E-Commerce Designer Part 5: Transaction Management This is the final course in a five part series. Students will learn both theoretical and practical instruction on E-Commerce transaction management. Subjects covered in this course include online catalogs payments and security.  more...

CIW Perl Fundamentals Part 1: Basic Syntax This is the first course in a three part series that presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on the foundations of the Perl language. Students will also become familiar with an Introduction to Perl Flow Control Arrays and Associative Arrays.  more...

CIW Perl Fundamentals Part 2: Manipulating Scripts This is the second course in a three part series that students will learn both theoretical and practical instruction on external data Perl scripts. This course will also cover regular expressions and pattern matching subroutines and file access and manipulation.  more...

CIW Perl Fundamentals Part 3: Best Practices This is the final course of a three part series that presents students with an overview of best practices for Perl. Students will learn about packages and modules object orientation database connectivity and debugging Perl scripts.  more...

CIW JavaScript Fundamentals Part 1: Programming Principles This is the first course in a two part series that presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on the origins and basic features of the JavaScript programming language. This course will provide an introduction to JavaScript and some common programming concepts. It will cover working with variables and data. Students will also learn about functions methods and events  more...

CIW JavaScript Fundamentals Part 2: Program Development This is the second course in a two part series that presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on features of the JavaScript programming language. This course will cover interactive forms and their development. Students will also learn about cookies and JavaScript security issues and how to use frames targets and image maps. Additionally students will learn how to create  more...

CIW Fundamentals of CGI Using Perl Part 1: CGI and Perl Basics This is the first course in a two part series that students will learn both theoretical and practical instruction on the foundations CGI using the Perl language. This course will also cover getting started with CGI and Perl Perl fundamentals and Perl input and output.  more...

CIW Fundamentals of CGI Using Perl Part 2: Advanced Features This is the second course in a two part series that presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on managing files and databases. This course will cover manipulating files databases and CGI security issues.  more...

CIW Dynamic Server Pages Part 1 This is the first course in a three part series that introduces students to PHP Hypertext Processor and provides the foundational knowledge for the course series. Additionally this course will cover an introduction to PHP PHP fundamentals string manipulation and file input/output and PHP and databases.  more...

CIW Dynamic Server Pages Part 2 This is the second course in a three part series that students will learn about PHP and introduces Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) and VB Script. Additionally this course will cover debugging PHP PHP security introduction to ASP using VBScript ASP intrinsic objects and ASP default components.  more...

CIW Dynamic Server Pages Part 3 This is the final course in a three part series that students will learn about ActiveX Data Objects error handling and debugging ASP applications project management in application development and data integrity and security issues.  more...

CIW Database Specialist Part 1: Introduction to Database Design This is the first course in a four part series that teaches students about relational databases and database planning and design. It introduces relational databases Codd's rules relational data structure and the ER model. It also covers the various phases in the design life cycle and database design methodology including the creation of ER models.  more...

CIW Database Specialist Part 2: Logical and Physical Design This is the second course in a four part series that teaches students about normalization and logical and physical database design. This course will cover the normalization about the first second and third normal forms and also about Boyce-Codd Normal Form logical database design resolving relationships creating a logical data model and the various integrity constraints physical database design  more...

CIW Database Specialist Part 3: Database Interaction and JDBC This is the third course in a four part series that teaches students about SQL relational algebra transactions and database security and an introduction to the JDBC. This course covers SQL DDL commands inserting updating and querying with DML statements granting and revoking privileges with DCL statements. The course also teaches about relational algebra concepts to include joins transactions and  more...

CIW Database Specialist Part 4: Advanced JDBC This is the final course in a four part series that teaches metadata improving JDBC programs and building applications using JDBC. Topics covered include introduction to metadata and to ResultSetMetaData SQL exceptions scrollable and updatable result sets batch updates and prepared statements. Finally the Building Applications Using JDBC teaches about Swing the Layout Manager UML and Application  more...

CIW Enterprise Specialist Part 1: CORBA Introduction, IDL, and Clients This is the first course in a five part series that introduces the student to the CORBA framework the Interface Definition Language and the building of CORBA clients. Topics covered include the role of the Object Management Group and each of the fundamental elements of the CORBA architecture such as ORB IDL Object Adapters and CORBA Services the IDL. The IDL constructs - modules interfaces  more...

CIW Enterprise Specialist Part 2: CORBA Servers, Advanced Features, and Security This is the second course in a five-part series that covers the building of CORBA servers and advanced features such as Factory and callback objects exceptions and DII and CORBA security. The participant will learn how to use the IDL-to-Java compiler to generate server skeletons and how to implement CORBA objects using these skeletons. Server IDL skeletons CORBA servers and naming services and  more...

CIW Enterprise Specialist Part 4: EJB Deployment, EJB Clients, and Entity Beans This is the fourth course in a five part series that covers the Deployment Descriptor tool and EJB deployment writing EJB clients and entity beans. The course introduces the Deployment Descriptor including the role it plays and the various responsibilities that the bean developer assembler and deployer have in relation to it. The various resources that can be referenced in the Deployment  more...

CIW Enterprise Specialist Part 5: CMP, EJB Transactions, and Security This is the final course in a five part series that introduces the learner to CMP EJB Transactions and EJB Security. The course covers an introduction to CMP and discusses how the container performs data manipulation. The learner is introduced to the benefits and drawbacks of CMP and learns how to implement an entity bean that uses CMP. It also covers transactions defining them and their  more...

CIW Certification TechSkills offers two certification programs in web design. The Master Certified Internet Webmaster Designer certification trains you to implements and maintain web sites, create web content, design e-commerce strategies and use web management tools. This program includes two courses: IDO-520 Site Designer IDO-525 E-Commerce Designer The Certified Internet Webmaster Associate  more...

Web Design TechSkills offers two certification programs in web design. The Master Certified Internet Webmaster Designer certification trains you to implements and maintain web sites, create web content, design e-commerce strategies and use web management tools. This program includes two courses: IDO-520 Site Designer IDO-525 E-Commerce Designer The Certified Internet Webmaster Associate  more...