Replace w/NGE87075 CIW Security Professional Part 1: Network Security Introduction

Course Code NGE87011

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

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.

Audience

The target audiences for this course are, System Administrators, Application Developers, Firewall Administrators, and IT Security Officers. Students must have CIW Foundations certification or equivalent experience, as well pass the CIW Server Administrator and CIW Internetworking Professional exams or have equivalent skills. This course is an approved study guide that will help Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) candidates prepare for exam 1D0-470. In addition, this course can be taken by individuals who wish to enhance their job skills.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Identify the situations in which security attacks are likely to occur, potential threats, and various security standards.
• Identify the elements involved in ensuring a high level of security.
• Identify the applicability of various encryption methods.
• Identify the steps involved in the encryption process.
• Identify how to install and use PGP on Windows NT.
• Identify the process of web server encryption.
• Identify the applicability of tunneling protocols in different situations and how to enable IPSec.
• Identify the various security attacks.
• Identify the security principles that need to be followed to create effective security solutions.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Security Overview

• Identify a situation in which a security attack is likely to occur.
• Identify the most effective implementation of security system attributes in a specified situation.
• Match the resources in an organization with the security threats that are faced by them in a specified situation.
• Match the situations representing hacker attacks with the measures that should be taken to prevent them.
• Match encryption services with the situations in which they are implemented.
• Identify the most effective security policy that should be implemented in a specified scenario.
• Match authentication methods with the situations in which they are implemented.
• Identify the rationale for implementing an access control method in a specified situation.
• Identify the methods for implementing security elements in a specified scenario.

Unit 2: Encryption

• Match the encryption methods with the situations in which they should be applied.
• Sequence the steps involved in an encryption process.
• Identify the decisions to be made for applying encryption to e-mail messages and text files in a specified situation.
• Install PGP in Windows NT by using the PGP files.
• Generate a key pair by using PGP for Windows NT.
• Export the public keys by using PGP for Windows NT.
• Import the public keys by using PGP for Windows NT.
• Encrypt an e-mail message by using PGP for Windows NT.
• Encrypt a text file by using PGP for Windows NT.

Unit 3: Internet Security

• Sequence the steps involved in the SHTTP process.
• Match the type of certificates with the situations in which they are used.
• Match the tunneling protocols with the situations in which they are applicable.
• Identify the correct combination of decisions to be taken while configuring IPSec for the specified requirements.
• Enable IPSec by using PGP.

Unit 4: Security Issues

• Identify the incidents that represent basic security attacks.
• Identify the incidents that represent advanced security attacks.
• Identify the situations in which physical level security principles are being followed.
• Identify the situations in which strategic level security principles are being followed.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media