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CompTIA Security+

Overview

Most businesses increasingly require the skills of a network security specialist in order to protect their business from intruder attack.

Security+ is a vendor neutral baseline certification for individuals and companies entering the Information Security field.

To earn Security+ certification, IT professionals are required to be proficient in a wide range of security concepts – including access control, authentication and external attack techniques. They must have also mastered such areas as operational and organisational security and the basics of cryptography.

This courses takes IT professionals through the tools and techniques to protect their IT systems from different types of attack.

Learn To

Understand the mind of the hacker
Detect weaknesses in security of different IT systems
Protect systems against different virus attacks
Harden applications
Use encryption techniques
Use certificates for authentication
Understand weaknesses in web and e-mail applications

…and much more

Course Content

Access Control: MAC/DAC/RBAC and authentication.
Protocols: Disabling unnecessaryAttacks: Types and techniquesSocial Engineering: Auditing – Logging,system scanning
Communication Security: RemoteAccess: 802.1x, VPN, RADIUS,TACACS/+,L2TP/PPTP, SSH, IPSEC,Vulnerabilities
Email and web security considerations
Directory – Recognition notadministration
Packet Sniffing Wireless: WTLS, 802.11x, WEP/WAP,Vulnerabilities, Site Surveys
Mobile Devices
Media : Coax, UTP/STP, Fiber,Removable media, Tape, CDR, Harddrives, Diskettes, Flashcards, Smartcards
Security Topologies and Zones, Detection techniques
Security Baselines OS/NOS Hardening (Concepts andprocesses)
Application Hardening
Directory Services, Databases Basics of Cryptography
Algorithms :Hashing, Symmetric,Asymmetric, Cryptography Concepts
Confidentiality. Integrity, DigitalSignatures, Authentication
Centralized vs. Decentralized.
Storage:Hardware vs. Software, Private Key Protection
Renewal, Destruction, Key Usage, Multiple Key Pairs (Single, Dual)
Operational/Organizational Security
Physical Security: Access Control
Backups Off Site Storage, Secure Recovery, Alternate Sites, Disaster Recovery
Planning
Termination – Adding / revoking passwords, privileges, etc.
Chain of Custody, Preservation of Evidence, Collection of Evidence.
Training of end users, executives and HR Communication: User Awareness, Education, Online Resources,Documentation
Standards and Guidelines: SystemsArchitecture, Change Documentation, Logs and Inventories, Classification, Notification, Destruction