SEC 450: Firewalls and Network Security

• Introduction
• The Basics of a Network
• Basic Network Utilities
• The OSI Model
• What Does This Mean for Security?
• Assessing Likely Threats to the Network
• Classifications of Threats
• Likely Attacks
• Threat Assessment
• Understanding Security Terminology
• Choosing a Network Security Approach
• Network Security and the Law
• Using Security Resources
• Risk management programs
• Security audits
• Conducting security assessments

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• Types of Malicious Software (Malware)
• Advanced Persistent Threat
• Propagation—Infected Content—Viruses
• Propagation—Vulnerability Exploit—Worms
• Propagation—Social Engineering—Spam e-mail, Trojans
• Payload—System Corruption
• Payload—Attack Agent—Zombie, Bots
• Payload—Information Theft—Keyloggers, Phishing, Spyware
• Payload—Stealthing—Backdoors, Rootkits
• Countermeasures
• Distributed Denial of Service Attacks

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• What Is a Firewall?
• Implementing Firewalls
• Firewall Deployment
• Selecting and Using a Firewall
• Using Proxy Servers
• Using Single Machine Firewalls
• Windows 10 Firewall
• User Account Control
• Linux Firewalls
• Using Small Office/Home Office Firewalls
• Using Medium-Sized Network Firewalls
• Using Enterprise Firewalls

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• Understanding IDS Concepts
• IDS Components and Processes
• SIEM
• Evasion Techniques
• Understanding and Implementing IDSs
• Understanding and Implementing Honeypots

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• Network security components
• Secure network protocols
• Hardening networks

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