This course will teach you the fundamental principles of identifying risk and implementing security controls and help you to progress a career in IT security administration. It will prepare you to take the CompTIA Security+ exam by providing 100% coverage of the objectives and content examples listed on the syllabus. Study of the course can act as groundwork for more advanced training. Students will prepare for the CompTIA Security+ certification examination (SY0-601).

Module 1: Security Threats and Controls

• Security Controls
• Lab: Hyper-V
• Threats and Attacks
• Lab: Trojans and Malware Protection
• Network Attacks
• Lab: Network Vulnerabilities
• Assessment Tools and Techniques
• Lab: Baseline Security Analyser
   

Module 2: Cryptography and Access Control

• Cryptography
• Lab: Steganography
• Public Key Infrastructure
• Lab: Configuring Certificate Services
• Password Authentication
• Lab: Password Sniffing
• Strong Authentication
• Authorisation and Account Management
   

Module 3: Network Security

• Secure Network Design
• Security Appliances and Applications
• Wireless Network Security
• VPN and Remote Access Security
• Lab: Configuring a VPN
• Network Application Security
• Lab: Attacks Against DHCP and DNS
   

Module 4: Host, Data, and Application Security

• Host Security
• Lab: Network Access Protection
• Data Security
• Lab: Data Leakage Prevention
• Web Services Security
• Lab: HTTP and HTTPS
• Web Application Security
• Lab: Web Application Vulnerabilities
• Virtualisation and Cloud Security
   

Module 5: Operational Security

• Site Security
• Mobile and Embedded Device Security
• Risk Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Incident Response and Forensics
• Lab: Computer Forensic Tools
• Security Policies and Training
• Lab: Scenario Questions

• This course is targeted toward the information technology (IT) professional who has networking and administrative skills in Windows®-based Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks; familiarity with other operating systems, such as Mac OS X®, Unix, or Linux; and who wants to further a career in IT by acquiring foundational knowledge of security topics; prepare for the CompTIA Security+ certification examination; or use Security+ as the foundation for advanced security certifications or career roles.
• Basic knowledge of network.
• Basic operationals systems knowledge .
• Basic knowledge of the concept 'enterprise'.

• Exam Code: SY0-601
• CompTIA Security+ certification covers network security, compliance and operation security, threats and vulnerabilities as well as application, data and host security. Also included are access control, identity management, and cryptography.