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COMN-224: Network Security Practices

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1

Understanding Security Layers

  • Introducing Core Security Principles
  • Understanding Physical Security as the First Line of Defense
  • Performing Threat Modeling
  • Skill Summary
  • Business Case Scenarios
  • Workplace Ready
2

Understanding Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

  • Starting Security with Authentication
  • Introducing Directory Services with Active Directory
  • Comparing Rights and Permissions
  • Understanding NTFS
  • Sharing Drives and Folders
  • Introducing the Registry
  • Using Encryption to Protect Data
  • Understanding IPsec
  • Introducing Smart Cards
  • Configuring Biometrics, Windows Hello, and Microsoft Passport
  • Using Auditing to Complete the Security Picture
  • Skill Summary
  • Business Case Scenarios
  • Workplace Ready
3

Understanding Security Policies

  • Understanding Information Security Policies and Their Types
  • Using Password Policies to Enhance Security
  • Protecting Domain User Account Passwords
  • Skill Summary
  • Business Case Scenarios
  • Workplace Ready
4

Understanding Network Security

  • Using Dedicated Firewalls to Protect a Network
  • Using Isolation to Protect the Network
  • Protecting Data with Protocol Security
  • Understanding Denial‐of‐Service (DoS) Attacks
  • Skill Summary
  • Business Case Scenarios
  • Workplace Ready
5

Protecting the Server and Client

  • Protecting the Client Computer
  • Managing Client Security Using Windows Defender
  • Protecting Your Email
  • Securing Internet Explorer
  • Configuring Microsoft Edge
  • Protecting Your Server
  • Using Security Baselines
  • Locking Down Devices to Run Only Trusted Applications
  • Managing Windows Store Apps
  • Skill Summary
  • Business Case Scenarios
  • Workplace Ready
6

Introduction to 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
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
7

Types of Attacks

  • Introduction
  • Understanding Denial of Service Attacks
  • Defending Against Buffer Overflow Attacks
  • Defending Against IP Spoofing
  • Defending Against Session Hijacking
  • Blocking Virus and Trojan Horse Attacks
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
8

Fundamentals of Firewalls

  • Introduction
  • What Is a Firewall?
  • Implementing Firewalls
  • Selecting and Using a Firewall
  • Using Proxy Servers
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
9

Firewall Practical Applications

  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
10

Intrusion-Detection Systems

  • Introduction
  • Understanding IDS Concepts
  • IDS Components and Processes
  • Understanding and Implementing IDSs
  • Understanding and Implementing Honeypots
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
11

Encryption Fundamentals

  • Introduction
  • The History of Encryption
  • Learning About Modern Encryption Methods
  • Identifying Good Encryption
  • Understanding Digital Signatures and Certificates
  • Understanding and Using Decryption
  • Cracking Passwords
  • Steganography
  • Steganalysis
  • Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
12

Virtual Private Networks

  • Introduction
  • Basic VPN Technology
  • Using VPN Protocols for VPN Encryption
  • IPSec
  • SSL/TLS
  • Implementing VPN Solutions
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
13

Operating System Hardening

  • Introduction
  • Configuring Windows Properly
  • Configuring Linux Properly
  • Patching the Operating System
  • Configuring Browsers
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
14

Defending Against Virus Attacks

  • Introduction
  • Understanding Virus Attacks
  • Virus Scanners
  • Antivirus Policies and Procedures
  • Additional Methods for Defending Your System
  • What to Do If Your System Is Infected by a Virus
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
15

Defending against Trojan Horses, Spyware, and Adware

  • Introduction
  • Trojan Horses
  • Spyware and Adware
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
16

Security Policies

  • Introduction
  • Defining User Policies
  • Defining System Administration Policies
  • Defining Access Control
  • Defining Developmental Policies
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
  • Projects
17

Assessing System Security

  • Introduction
  • Risk Assessment Concepts
  • Evaluating the Security Risk
  • Conducting the Initial Assessment
  • Probing the Network
  • Vulnerabilities
  • McCumber Cube
  • Security Documentation
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
18

Security Standards

  • Introduction
  • COBIT
  • ISO Standards
  • NIST Standards
  • U.S. DoD Standards
  • Using the Orange Book
  • Using the Rainbow Series
  • Using the Common Criteria
  • Using Security Models
  • U.S. Federal Regulations, Guidelines, and Standards
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
19

Physical Security and Disaster Recovery

  • Introduction
  • Physical Security
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Ensuring Fault Tolerance
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
20

Techniques Used by Attackers

  • Introduction
  • Preparing to Hack
  • The Attack Phase
  • Wi-Fi Hacking
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
21

Introduction to Forensics

  • Introduction
  • General Forensics Guidelines
  • FBI Forensics Guidelines
  • Finding Evidence on the PC
  • Gathering Evidence from a Cell Phone
  • Forensic Tools to Use
  • Forensic Science
  • To Certify or Not to Certify?
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills
22

Cyber Terrorism

  • Introduction
  • Defending Against Computer-Based Espionage
  • Defending Against Computer-Based Terrorism
  • Choosing Defense Strategies
  • Summary
  • Test Your Skills

1

Understanding Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

  • Creating OUs in a Domain
  • Using a Hashing Algorithm
  • Moving Objects into an OU
  • Creating a GPO
  • Changing NTFS Permissions on a Folder
  • Copying Files
  • Moving Files
  • Understanding Permission Inheritance
  • Using Groups to Assign Permissions
  • Sharing a Folder
  • Encrypting a Folder with the EFS
  • Encrypting the Drive Using BitLocker
  • Performing Symmetric Encryption
  • Performing Asymmetric Encryption
  • Creating a VPN Connection
  • Configuring an IPsec Policy
  • Changing the Audit Policy
  • Modifying Kerberos Security Settings
2

Understanding Security Policies

  • Configuring the Domain Password Policy
  • Configuring the Account Lockout Policy
  • Creating a Domain User Account
3

Understanding Network Security

  • Scanning Ports Using Nmap
  • Implementing a Packet Filter
  • Using Honeypot
  • Performing a SYN Flood Attack
4

Protecting the Server and Client

  • Taking an Incremental Backup
  • Taking a Full Backup
  • Customizing User Account Notification Settings
  • Encrypting Offline Files
  • Controlling How Updates Are Applied
  • Scanning Using Windows Defender
  • Configuring Pop-up Blocker Settings
  • Enabling IE ESC for Administrators
  • Performing a Phishing Attack
  • Installing DHCP Server
  • Capturing Network Traffic Using Network Monitor
  • Performing an MBSA Scan
  • Configuring Folder Attributes
5

Introduction to Network Security

  • Assigning Different Classes of IP Addresses
  • Viewing the MAC Address on Different Interfaces
  • Understanding Protocols
  • Tracing Route Using tracert
  • Using the netstat Command
6

Types of Attacks

  • Conducting a DoS Attack Using a SYN Flood
  • Conducting a DoS Attack Using the Smurf Attack
  • Defending Against a Buffer Overflow Attack
  • Defending against IP Spoofing
  • Performing Session Hijacking Using Burp Suite
  • Installing Antivirus Software
  • Scanning and Classifying Different Types of Viruses
7

Fundamentals of Firewalls

  • Creating ACL in the Router
  • Using Windows Firewall
  • Creating a DMZ Zone
8

Firewall Practical Applications

  • Configuring User Access Control Settings
  • Configuring a Linux Firewall Using the Iptable
  • Using the Cisco ASA Firewall
9

Intrusion-Detection Systems

  • Intercepting Packets
  • Configuring Snort
  • Setting Up a Honeypot
10

Encryption Fundamentals

  • Using a Symmetric Algorithm
  • Using an Asymmetric Algorithm
  • Observing a Digital Certificate
  • Creating a PGP Certification
  • Using the John the Ripper Tool
  • Using Rainbow Tables
  • Hiding Text Using Steganography
11

Virtual Private Networks

  • Setting Up a VPN Server with Windows Server 2016
  • Creating an L2TP VPN Using Openswan
  • Configuring IPSec
12

Operating System Hardening

  • Configuring a User Account
  • Setting Security Policies
  • Using Registry Editor
  • Configuring the Security Setting in a Popular Browser
  • Using Encryption File System
  • Restricting the Null Session
  • Shutting Down a Service in Windows
13

Defending Against Virus Attacks

  • Creating a Remote Access Trojan (RAT)
  • Performing Malware Scanning
14

Defending against Trojan Horses, Spyware, and Adware

  • Using the NetBus Application
  • Using eLiTeWrap
  • Using an Anti-Spyware Tool
15

Security Policies

  • Defining User Access Control
  • Managing a User Using an Existing Security Policy
  • Examining Security Policy
  • Creating a Security Policy
16

Assessing System Security

  • Filtering Ports Using Windows Firewall
  • Using the Advanced IP Scanner
  • Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
  • Using MBSA
  • Configuring Windows Update
17

Security Standards

  • Observing the Security Event Log
18

Techniques Used by Attackers

  • Conducting Passive Scanning Using Netcraft
  • Conducting Active Scanning Using Nsauditor
  • Using ShareEnum
  • Performing Active Scanning Using Nmap
  • Cracking Windows Password Using Ophcrack
  • Performing the SQL Injection
19

Introduction to Forensics

  • Observing the Windows Log
  • Retrieving Deleted Files Using Disk Digger
  • Performing Logical Imaging Using AccessData FTK Imager
20

Cyber Terrorism

  • Using BitLocker in Windows 10
  • Using EtherDetect

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