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Essentials of Information Security - Security+


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Essentials of Information Security - Security+ - 5 -day course

Learn security fundamentals as you build, test, and deploy a secure network.


Course Description

In this intense, hands-on course, you will not only prepare for the Security+ certification, but you will also gain the foundation security knowledge to protect your network from attack. Through real-world examples and labs, you will learn how to apply security best practices to actual security architectures. You will spend 50% of your time applying security principles to meet actual security scenario requirements. Labs reinforce vital security concepts and provide real-world practice using tools such as Tenable Security Nessus, Snort, Symantec Enterprise Firewall, and Funk Software's Steel-Belted Radius.

This course includes 1-year access to our 50-book Online Security Reference Library with titles specially selected to reinforce course concepts.

Preparing for your certification exams? To help, this course includes a Security+ study guide, certification practice exam, and test voucher, as well as our security Self-Paced e-Learning course.

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Course Objectives

  • Prepare for the Security+ certification
  • Design security plans to protect your network access points and services
  • Translate policy requirements into a technical security solution
  • Test your classroom network's security and repair holes reported by vulnerability detection tools
  • Use an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to identify hacker attacks
  • Configure a bastion host
  • Develop and design Access Control Lists (ACL)
  • Design firewalls using router packet filtering and stateful inspection devices
  • Use port scanners, Telnet, TFTP, FTP, and other hacker tools
  • Use certificates and public-key cryptography to encrypt information
  • Implement IPSec-compliant VPNs
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Intended Audience

Anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of designing or implementing security policy in an enterprise network, specifically network engineers and managers, security administrators, IS and data center managers, system administrators, security analysts, and individuals seeking the CompTIA Security+™ certification and/or the TruSecure TICSA. Certified Security Associate certification.

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Prerequisites

Student prerequisites are an understanding of the following topics:

  • TCP/IP Networking or equivalent knowledge.

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Course Outline

  1. Attack Methods
  2. Security Assessment
  3. Security Policies
  4. Vulnerability Assessment and Audit
  5. Intrusion Detection and Incident Response
  6. Host Security
  7. Network Components
  8. Access Control Lists and Firewall Configuration
  9. Architecture Integration
  10. Authentication
  11. Cryptographic Functions and Applications
  12. Communications Security
  13. Appendix A. Network Services Security
  14. Appendix B: Router Security
  15. Appendix C: Security+ Exam Objectives
  16. Appendix D: Answers to Review Questions
  17. Appendix E: References

 

Course Labs

  • Lab 1: Network Configuration
  • Lab 2: Hacker Tricks
  • Lab 3: Vulnerability Scanning
  • Lab 4: Intrusion Detection
  • Lab 5: Server Hardening
  • Lab 6: Creating and Testing an ACL on Cisco Routers
  • Lab 7: Firewall Configuration
  • Lab 8: Establishing the DMZ and Making Rule Changes
  • Lab 9: Authentication
  • Lab 10: Cryptography
  • Lab 11: Create a Gateway-to-Gateway VPN Using SEF
  • Optional Lab A: Case Study Analysis
  • Optional Lab B: Hardening the Router

 

 

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