CIW Security 1D0-470

This series is designed to prepare the student to pass the Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Security 1D0-470 exam. It helps the student achieve proficiency in identifying security threats, developing countermeasures, and using firewall systems and attack recognition technologies. It covers the fundamental concepts and principles of network security, and it describes the most common types of attacks that can occur. It covers basic networking models, such as TCP/IP and the OSI reference model, and it explains the security vulnerabilities of protocols used at each layer in the model. It also covers the basic tools and procedures used to protect a network, including firewalls, encryption, auditing, and log analysis.

Syllabus

SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS

Covers basic security concepts and principles. It introduces the major elements that go into a security implementation, including encryption, authentication, access control lists, execution control lists, and auditing.

• What is security?
• A security matrix
• Assessing the threat
• Security standards
• Elements of security
• The security policy
• Encryption
• Authentication
• Access control
• Execution Control Lists
• Auditing
• Common security principles
• Multiple layers
• Enforcement and training
• Security management
• Physical security

ATTACK TYPES AND ENCRYPTION

Provides a detailed introduction to the encryption process for e-mail and other Internet applications, including the interaction of symmetric, asymmetric (public key), and hash encryption, SSL, and S-HTTP. It also provides an introduction to security attacks and how they can be prevented.

• Applied encryption
• Symmetric-key encryption
• Asymmetric encryption
• Applied packet-filtering
• E-mail encryption applications
• File and Web encryption applications
• Brute force and dictionary attacks
• System bugs, back doors, and Trojans
• Social engineering and non-direct attacks

PROTOCOL LAYERS AND SECURITY

Covers the basic models used to conceptualize network communications, including the TCP/IP and OSI reference models. It provides information on the protocols used at each layer of the model and how hackers commonly exploit network protocols. It also explains how to perform security testing on existing and new systems.

• TCP/IP security
• The OSI reference model
• Transport layer
• Application layer
• Implementing TCP/IP security
• Protecting TCP/IP services
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• Testing and evaluating
• Security testing software

FIREWALLS

Introduces users to firewall and VPN design. Basic firewall concepts are covered including bastion hosts, packet filters, screening routers, and proxies.

• The role of firewalls
• Firewall concepts
• Packet filter rules
• Applying packet filters
• Configuring proxy servers
• Remote access and virtual private networks
• Public key infrastructure
• Designing a firewall
• Hardware issues
• Common firewall designs
• Implementing a firewall strategy

OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY

Introduces security issues that arise at the operating system level in a network. It covers the major areas of vulnerability for operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Linux. It shows how built-in security features can be activated, how to configure password settings, and how to set permissions on files, folders, and shares.

• Security principles
• Evaluation criteria
• Security levels and mechanisms
• Windows 2000 security
• Windows 2000 security architecture
• Linux security
• Pluggable authentication modules
• Passwords
• Verifying system state
• Protecting accounts
• Password aging in Linux
• Windows 2000 file systems
• Remote file access
• Linux file systems

ASSESSING AND REDUCING RISK

Examines specific modifications to harden UNIX and Windows-based operating systems, including changes to the Windows Registry and UNIX rlogin, NIS, and NFS.

• Assessing risk
• Keyloggers
• System port scanning
• UNIX security vulnerabilities
• NIS security concerns
• NFS security concerns
• Patching and changing defaults
• Windows 2000 registry security
• Disabling Windows 2000 services
• Securing network connectivity
• Reducing risk in Linux systems

SECURITY AUDITING

Provides basic information on security auditing concepts, methods, and applications. It covers several categories of auditing software, including DNS utilities, ping and port scanners, network discovery applications, and enterprise-grade vulnerability scanners.

• Introduction to auditing
• Auditor roles
• Risk assessment
• Audit stages
• Security scans
• Network discovery applications
• Enterprise-grade audit applications
• Using audit applications
• Social engineering
• Basic audit information

AUDITING AND THE CONTROL PHASE

Examines each type of attack with respect to auditing. It covers the file locations used by root kits, as well as methods of penetration and the goals a hacker has during the control phase. It also covers illicit servers.

• Network penetration
• Common targets
• System bugs
• Denial-of-service attacks
• Combined attack strategies
• Identifying attacks
• Network control
• UNIX and Windows 2000 file locations
• UNIX passwords
• Control methods
• Back Orifice
• NetBus
• Adding administrative accounts

ATTACK DETECTION AND RESPONSE

Provides information on how to detect, distract, and deter hacker activity, and suggests ways to create a security and response policy.

• Proactive detection
• Distracting the hacker
• Deterring the hacker
• Intrusion detection
• Intrusion detection architecture
• IDS rules and actions
• Intrusion detection software
• Auditing with eTrust
• Creating rules in eTrust
• Auditing with Snort
• Planning for response
• Documentation and assessment
• Executing the response plan

AUDITING AND LOG ANALYSIS

Provides information on how to define a baseline of network performance for security auditing, analyze log files, create a network security assessment report, and suggest ways to improve compliance to a security policy.

• Log analysis
• Firewall and router logs
• Operating system logs
• Filtering logs
• Suspicious activity
• Additional logs
• Log auditing tools
• Generating reports
• Auditing recommendations
• Creating the assessment report
• Improving compliance
• Improving router security
• Enabling proactive detection
• Host auditing solutions
• Personal firewalls
• Replacing and updating services
• Secure shell

Qualifications

Qualification: Printable Transcript

On completion of this course you may print a transcript off as evidence of your progression throughout the course.

Requirements for Entry

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

Study Options

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Study Hours

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 40 hrs.