Course Syllabus
General Security Concepts    Networking Overview      Network Topologies      LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)      Networking Media      Wireless Media Review      Signal Enemies      Networking Devices      Networking Standards      Network Protocol Overview      Exercise 1    Understanding Access Control      Understanding Access Control      Mandatory Access Control      Discretionary Access Control      Rule Based Access Control      Role Based Access Control      Exercise 2    Authentication Methods      Authentication Basics      Kerberos Authentication      Remote Authentication Protocols      Certificates      Username/Password Authentication      Authentication Account Lockout Policy      Mutual Authentication      Token, Biometric and Multifactor Authentication      Exercise 3    Managing Services and Common Attacks      Networking Services Overview      Managing Non-Essential Services      Understanding the Threat      Denial of Service and Distributed Denial Service Attacks      Reviewing Common Attacks      Exercise 4    Managing Malicious Software      Overview of Malicious Code      Malware Transport and Payloads      Malware Execution and Protection Strategies      Malware or Annoyance?      Understanding Viruses      Trojan Horses and Worms      Spyware/Adware      Exercise 5    System Monitoring      System Monitoring Basics      Establishing Baselines      Security Auditing      System Logging      Vulnerability Scanning      Monitoring Best Practices      Exercise 6 Communication Security    Securing Remote Access      802.1x      Virtual Private Networks (VPN)      L2TP/PPTP      TACACS and RADIUS      Secure Shell (SSH)      Internet Protocol Security (IPSEC)      Exercise 7    Email Security Concepts      Email Security Basics      Email in a Network Environment      Understanding MIME and S/MIME      PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)      Exercise 8    Internet Security Concepts      Securing Web Connections      HTTP/S (Hypertext Transfer Protocol / Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer)      Instant Messaging      Java Script and Signed Applets      ActiveX      Buffer Overflows and Cookies      CGI and SMTP Relay      Exercise 9    Directory and File Transfer Security      SSL / TLS (Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security)      LDAP      S/FTP      Blind FTP (File Transfer Protocol) / Anonymous      File Sharing      Packet Sniffing/ 8.3 Naming Conventions      Exercise 10    Wireless Security      Wireless Overview      802.11 Wireless Components      WTLS (Wireless Transport Layer Security)      802.11 and 802.11x      WEP / WAP      Site Surveys and Vulnerabilities      Exercise 11
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