IT Security Fundamentals

IT Security Fundamentals

Category:
Information Technology/
it-security
20 Students
Duration: 5 Days
Certificate on Completion

COURSE OVERVIEW

The course allows delegate extensive hands-on experience with a variety of security software and techniques. The content is vendor-agnostic and focuses on general information security.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for IT professionals and technical managers who want to understand key IT security issues and how best to address them. The course will also be of benefit to IT systems analysts, designers and software developers.

COURSE CONTENT

Introduction to Information Security

  • Information Security fundamentals, Information Security models, IS standards, attack overviews.

Risk Management

  • Risk management process, risk analysis, risk control.

Operating System Security

  • Popular operating systems, OS hardening, vulnerabilities and the patch cycle, OS scanning.

Access Control

  • Types of access control, physical access, controlling resource access, Microsoft Windows NTFS, Linux ext3/4, cloud

LEARNING OUTCOME

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Understand the IT security threats faced by a modern network
  • Understand the techniques used to mitigate these threats
  • Respond to IT security incidents
  • Understand IT security policies
  • Understand cryptography and its uses
  • Understand authentication mechanisms
  • Understand the importance of physical security
  • Understand the compliance and legal requirements of an organisation

PREREQUISITES

  • Previous knowledge and use of the Internet is essential, particularly awareness of TCP/IP and standard Internet services such as the World Wide Web, e-mail and DNS. This knowledge can be gained by attending our Introduction to Networking course
  • The course requires an understanding of Microsoft Windows operating systems; and familiarity with Linux would be an advantage.

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