5 Day Course
Introduction
This course is designed to provide the foundation knowledge to network
administrators and security professionals who are seeking to learn about
advanced security issues surrounding PKI and biometrics. Advanced Security
Implementation is designed to provide network administrators and security
architects with an awareness of security-related issues and the essential
skills they need to implement security in a given network. It is the first
course offered in the second level of the Security Certified Program. This
course is followed by Enterprise Security Solutions (ESS).
Prerequisites
To ensure your success, you are strongly recommended to first take the
following courses or have equivalent knowledge:
•
Security Certified Program: Tactical Perimeter
Defense
•
Security Certified Program: Strategic
Infrastructure Security
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with
structured, hands-on activities
At Course Completion
Upon successful course completion students should be able to:
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Describe the fundamentals of trusted networks
•
Describe the concepts and principles of
cryptography
•
Implement computer forensic tools
•
Identify current laws and legislation that
influence computer security professionals
•
Describe biometric solutions, including
fingerprint scanning, iris scanning, and vocal scanning
•
Describe strong authentication solutions and
implement token-based strong authentication
•
Describe the function of digital certificates
•
Describe the implementation of digital
signatures
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Introduction to Trusted Networks
•
The Need
for Trusted Networks
•
Authentication
and Identification
•
Public
Key Infrastructure
•
Applications
of PKI
Lesson 2: Cryptography and Data Security
•
History
of Cryptography
•
Math and
Algorithms
•
Private
Key Exchange
•
Public
Key Exchange
•
Message
Authentication
Lesson 3: Computer Forensics
•
Incident
Response
•
Computer
Forensic Fundamentals
•
Hard
Disk Structure
•
Forensic
Tools
•
Investigating
Computers
•
Computer
Forensics Solutions
Lesson 4: Law and Legislation
•
Intellectual
Property
•
Categories
and Types of Law
•
Process
of Handling Evidence
•
Information
Security-related Laws and Acts
Lesson 5: BiometricsWho You Are
•
The
Process of Biometrics Today
•
Accuracy
of Biometrics
•
Applications
of Biometrics
•
Fingerprint
Scanning
•
Facial
Scanning
•
Iris and
Retinal Scanning
•
Vocal
Scanning
•
Further
Biometric Technologies
•
Techniques
for Compromising Biometrics
Lesson 6: Strong Authentication
•
Why
Strong Authentication
•
Authentication
Tokens
•
RSA
SecurID
•
Smart
Cards
Lesson 7: Digital Certificates
•
Paper
Certificates and Identity Cards
•
Authorities
that Issue Physical Certificates
•
The
Importance of Protecting the Identity of the CA
•
Differences
between Physical and Digital Certificates
•
Standards
for Digital Certificates
•
X.509 as
an Authentication Standard
•
Case
StudyVeriSigns Digital Certificates
Lesson 8: Digital Signatures
•
Signatures
as Identifiers
•
Features
of Digital Signatures
•
Digital
Signatures in Practice
•
Standards
for Digital Signatures
•
Digital
Signatures and PKI
Appendix A: About FIPS PUB
•
Federal
Information Processing Standards Publication
Appendix B: PKI-related Acronyms
