MS2810 Fundamentals of Network Security

Administrators who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of Microsoft Windows 2000. Students should have general knowledge of networking concepts and one or more years of experience managing Windows 2000. Other IT professionals may also take this course on the path to becoming a security specialist.

The course covers security concepts that are prerequisites for attending other Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) courses for security specialists and help prepare students for the CompTIA Security+ exam.  This course has been approved as CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum (CAQC) for the CompTIA Security+ certification.

Although the course focuses on Microsoft product- and technology-specific implementation of security concepts, many of these same concepts can be applied to other technologies.

After completing this 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 help protect information and how to choose an appropriate encryption method for an organization.
 
• Implement security-enhanced computing baselines in an organization.
 
• Help protect information in an organization by using authentication and access control.
 
• Deploy and manage certificates.
 
• Help protect transmission of data by identifying threats to network devices and implementing security for common data transmission, remote access, and wireless network traffic.
 
• Help protect Web servers against common attacks and configure security for Web browsers.
 
• Help 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 help protect them.
 
• Identify network perimeter threats and monitor perimeter security for a network.
 
• 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 security-enhanced disaster recovery strategy, communicating risks to others, and performing secure backup and recovery.
 
• Identify, respond to, and assist in the formal investigation of security incidents.

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 MOC Course MS2152: Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server.

Module 1: Preparing to Secure Information

Module 2: Implementing Security-Enhanced Computing Baselines

Module 3: Helping to Protect Information Using Authentication and Access Control

Module 4: Using Cryptography to Help Protect Information

Module 5: Using a PKI to Help Protect Information

Module 6: Securing Internet Applications and Components

Module 7: Implementing Security for E-Mail and Instant Messaging

Module 8: Managing Security for Directory Services and DNS

Module 9: Securing Data Transmission

Module 10: Implementing and Monitoring Security for Network Perimeters

Module 11: Managing Operational Security

This course helps prepare students for:

CompTIA Security+ exam

The exam does not form part of the course.