Security+ Certification Course

CompTIA Security+ Prep Course

5 Day Boot Camp

1. Mitigating Threats

• Core system maintenance
  • Identifying common security threats
  • Updating the operating system
  • Managing software patches
  • Installing service packs
  • Determining whether you need to update your computer’s BIOS
  • Configuring Windows Firewall
• Virus and spyware management
  • Installing antivirus software
  • Scanning your system for spyware
  • Configuring Windows Mail to prevent spam
• Browser security
  • Managing pop-ups
  • Managing cookies
  • Managing scripting, Java, and ActiveX components
  • Examining input validation, buffer overflows, and XSS
• Social engineering threats
  • Discussing social engineering
  • Examining phishing

2. Cryptography

• Symmetric cryptography
  • Encrypting and decrypting data
  • Calculating hashes
  • Sharing a secret message with steganography
• Public key cryptography
  • Exploring public key cryptography
  • Examining certificates
  • Examining certificate trusts
  • Comparing single- and dual-sided certificates
  • Mapping algorithms to applications

3. Authentication Systems

• Authentication
  • Identifying the components of authentication
  • Comparing one-, two-, and three-factor authentication
  • Capturing passwords with a protocol analyzer
  • Installing Active Directory Services
  • Joining a domain
• Hashing
  • Hashing data
  • Cracking passwords

• Authentication systems
  • Identifying the requirements of a secure authentication system
  • Examining the components of Kerberos
  • Examining null sessions
  • Comparing authentication systems

4. Messaging Security

• E-mail security
  • Identifying the security risks of an e-mail system
  • Configuring security on an e-mail server
  • Digitally signing a message
  • Sending an encrypted message
• Messaging and peer-to-peer security
  • Identifying the security risks of messaging systems
  • Configuring security on an IM server
  • Configuring IM client security

5. User and Role-Based Security

• Security policies
  • Creating a console to manage local security policies
  • Using the GPMC
  • Implementing domain GPOs
  • Analyzing a Windows Vista computer’s security
• Securing file and print resources
  • Creating users and groups based on security needs
  • Securing file resources
  • Securing printer resources

6. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

• Key management and life cycle
  • Understanding certificate life cycle and management
• Setting up a certificate server
  • Installing a stand-alone root certificate authority (CA)
  • Installing an enterprise subordinate CA
  • Implementing a file-based certificate request
  • Managing your certificate server
  • Side trip: Granting the log on locally right
  • Requesting a user certificate
  • Revoking a certificate
  • Enabling the EFS recovery agent template
  • Enrolling for a recovery agent certificate
  • Enabling key archival
  • Re-enrolling all certificates
• Web server security with PKI
  • Requesting and installing a web server certificate
  • Enabling SSL for the certificate server web site
  • Making a secure connection
  • Requesting a client certificate via the web

7. Access Security

• Biometric systems
  • Identifying biometric authentication systems
  • Installing a fingerprint reader
• Physical access security
  • Identifying the risks associated with physical access to systems
  • Examining logging and surveillance best practices
• Peripheral and component security
  • Identifying the risks associated with common peripherals
  • Mitigating security risks of peripherals
• Storage device security
  • Enabling file-based encryption
  • Enabling whole disk encryption systems (optional)

8. Ports and Protocols

• TCP/IP review
  • Examining protocols in the TCP/IP suite
  • Comparing IPv4 and IPv6 packets
• Protocol-based attacks
  • Preventing common protocol-based attacks
  • Assessing your vulnerability to DDoS attacks
  • Port scanning
  • Checking ARP cache
  • Examining spoofing attacks
  • Examining replay and hijacking attacks
  • Examining antiquated protocols

9. Network Security

• Common network devices
  • Examining switches and bridges
  • Examining routers
  • Examining NAT/PAT devices
  • Examining firewalls and proxy servers
  • Identifying inherent weaknesses in network devices
  • Examining the ways to overcome device threats
• Secure network topologies
  • Comparing firewall-based secure topologies
  • Identifying the benefits of NAC
  • Examining the security enabled by VPNs
• Browser-related network security
  • Configuring the Phishing Filter
  • Setting security zones
  • Setting privacy options
• Virtualization
  • Exploring the benefits of virtualization technologies

10. Wireless Security

• Wi-Fi network security
  • Identifying wireless networking vulnerabilities
  • Scanning for insecure access points
  • Installing third-party router firmware
  • Configuring basic router security
  • Enabling transmission encryption
• Non-PC wireless devices
  • Identifying cell phone and PDA-related threats

11. Remote Access Security

• Remote access
  • Examining RADIUS and Diameter authentication
  • Examining the role of LDAP in a remote access environment
  • Examining TACACS+ authentication
  • Examining how 802.1x adds security to your network
  • Installing Network Policy and Access Services
  • Configuring an NPS network policy
  • Configuring NPS accounting
• Virtual private networks
  • Comparing VPN protocols
  • Installing Routing and Remote Access Services
  • Enabling a VPN
  • Configuring NPS to provide RADIUS authentication for your VPN
  • Making a VPN connection

12. Auditing, Logging, and Monitoring

• System logging
  • Viewing event logs
  • Discussing device and application logging
• Server monitoring
  • Monitoring with Performance Monitor
  • Running a Data Collector Set
  • Viewing a Data Collector Set report
  • Considering auditing policies and practices

13. Vulnerability Testing

• Risk and vulnerability assessment
  • Analyzing risks
  • Installing the MBSA
  • Analyzing your system with the MBSA
  • Downloading and installing OVAL
  • Downloading an OVAL XML file
  • Scanning with OVAL
  • Downloading and installing Nessus
  • Scanning with Nessus
• IDS and IPS
  • Discussing IDS characteristics
  • Installing and monitoring with the Snort IDS
  • Comparing HIDS and NIDS
  • Examining the role and use of honeypots
• Forensics
  • Examining the forensics process

14. Organizational Security

• Organizational policies
  • Creating a security policy
  • Creating a human resources policy
  • Creating an incidence response and reporting policy
  • Implementing change management
• Education and training
  • Identifying the need for user education and training
  • Identifying education opportunities and methods
• Disposal and destruction
  • Deciding whether to destroy or dispose of IT equipment

15. Business Continuity

• Redundancy planning
  • Identifying the need for and appropriate use of redundancy
  • Creating a disaster recovery plan
• Backups
  • Selecting backup schemes
  • Backing up data
  • Restoring data
  • Identifying appropriate media rotation and storage plans
• Environmental controls
  • Examining environmental controls

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