Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

Enterprise Security Solutions 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 second course offered in the second level of the Security Certified Program. This course is preceded by Advanced Security Implementation (ASI).

Who Should Attend:

This course is for network administrators and security architects.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify, describe the transition towards, and implement trusted networks.
• Implement a stand-alone Microsoft CA and a Microsoft Enterprise Root CA.
• Implement a Linux CA.
• Manage digital certificates.
• Configure local file encryption.
• Protect local files using biometrics.
• Configure and secure wireless networks.
• Secure email using PGP and S/MIME.
• Build trusted networks.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take Security Certified Program: Tactical Perimeter Defense, Security Certified Program: Strategic Infrastructure Security, and Security Certified Program: Advanced Security Implementation or have equivalent knowledge.

Course Outline:

• Lesson 1: Trusted Network Implementation
  1. Defended Networks of Today
  2. Trusted Network Services
  3. Cryptography Primer
  4. The Role of Strong Authentication
  5. PKI Roles and Fundamentals
• Lesson 2: Planning a Trusted Network
  1. Required Components
  2. Certificate Paths
  3. Planning Documents
  4. Certificate Practices Framework
• Lesson 3: Microsoft Trusted Networks
  1. Certificate Authority Requirements
  2. Major Functions of a CA Hierarchy
  3. Certificate Standard and Format
  4. Implement Microsoft Certificate Authorities
  5. Implement a Microsoft Enterprise Root CA
• Lesson 4: Linux Certificate Authorities
  1. Introduction to Linux Certificate Authorities
  2. Certificate Authorities for Linux
  3. Prepare to Install a CA
  4. OpenLDAP
  5. Use CATool
• Lesson 5: Managing Certificates
  1. Certificate Lifecycle and Certificate Management
  2. Create Certificates
  3. Process Certificate Requests
  4. Assign a Certificate
  5. Certificates on Smart Cards
• Lesson 6: Local Resource Security
  1. Windows 2000 EFS Fundamentals
  2. Configure EFS
  3. Control EFS Use
  4. Store Encrypted Files on a Floppy Disk with EFS
  5. Secure Data with Biometrics
• Lesson 7: Wireless Network Security
  1. Wireless Networking Fundamentals
  2. Wireless LAN (WLAN) Fundamentals
  3. Wireless Security Solutions
  4. Wireless Auditing
  5. Wireless Trusted Networks
• Lesson 8: Secure Email
  1. Secure Email Fundamentals
  2. Secure Email with PGP
  3. S/MIME Background
• Lesson 9: Building Trusted Networks
  1. Building Windows Domains—Enterprise of Trust
  2. Configuring the Enterprise CA
  3. Setting Up the Linux CA
  4. Certificate Authority Trust—Cross Trust
  5. Secure Email
  6. Certificate Revocation