Course Benefits

Many businesses today rely on their ability to provide open access to certain information via the Internet or corporate network infrastructure. While such openness has brought substantial benefits, additional security provisions is required to safeguard malicious attacks from hackers, disgruntled employees and competitors. This HANDS-ON course starts by giving you an understanding of the methods of attacks and vulnerabilities of the TCP/IP protocol and related applications like FTP. You will then learn to secure your host and implement countermeasures like packet filter and proxy server, and perform lab exercises in configuring routers and firewalls. Also examine various firewall deployment options and tools to audit the effectiveness of these protections.

You will learn...

• To develop a corporate security policy
• To configure an Intel screening router and AltaVista Firewall
• Common attacks with the TCP/IP protocols
• To use security audit tools to identify potential holes on your network
• Tips on securing your Windows NT/UNIX FTP and Web servers
• To set up a Virtual Private Network

You will use...

• Intel Express WAN Router
• Checkpoint Firewall-1
• Digital AltaVista Firewall
• LANSleuth protocol analyser
• UNIX and Windows Internet servers
• Security audit tools

Who should attend

Systems professionals responsible for implementing network security policy including IS Managers, IS Auditors, Data Centre Managers and System Administrators.

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of Windows NT or UNIX and TCP/IP protocol. The following courses are excellent sources of this knowledge: "Internetworking with TCP/IP", "Windows NT 4.0 System and Network Administration"

Course Topics

1. Understanding Network Security
2. Authentication and Account Policy
3. File System Access Control
4. Establishing Trust
5. FTP and Web Security
6. Known TCP/IP Attacks
7. Logging and Auditing
8. Firewall Systems
9. Packet Filter
10. Proxy Server
11. Deploying Firewall System
12. Secure Communication

Duration: 3 days