MS-2810
Fundamentals of Network Security

Course Length: 4 days

Tuition: $1700

Course Overview

This four-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to begin supporting network security within an organization. Students who complete this course will be able to identify security threats and vulnerabilities, and help respond to and recover from security incidents.

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 Course 2152: Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server

    ·         Or equivalent knowledge.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

  • CompTIA Security + Exam

Course Content:

  • Preparing to Secure Information
  • Implementing Secure Computing Baselines
  • Securing Information Using Authentication and Access Control
  • Using Cryptography to Secure Information
  • Using a PKI to Secure Information
  • Securing Internet Applications and Components
  • Implementing Security for E-Mail and Instant messaging
  • Managing Security for Directory Services and DNS
  • Securing Data Transmission
  • Implementing and Monitoring Security for Network Perimeters
  • Managing Operational Security
  • Preserving Business Continuity
  • Responding to Security Incidents

Skills Gained
 At the end of the 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 secure information and how to choose an appropriate encryption method for an organization.
  • Implement secure computing baselines in an organization.
  • Secure information in an organization by using authentication and access control.
  • Deploy and manage certificates.
  • Secure data transmission by identifying threats to network devices and implementing security for common data transmission, remote access, and wireless network traffic.
  • 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 protect them.
  • Identify types of security policies to manage operational security, and then use these policies to ensure compliance by users in an organization.
  • Preserve business continuity by implementing a secure disaster recovery strategy, communication risks to others, and performing secure backup and recovery.
  • Identify, respond to, and assist in the formal investigation of security incidents.

 


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