Course Outline

Duration: 1 Day

Course Description: The class is targeted to today's knowledge workers who use computing in their daily activities. The class will educate anyone using electronic systems on the practical aspects of security and networking. This will give them an advantage when it comes to keeping private information from being corrupted or in the wrong hands.

Course Content

Foundations of Security

· Essential terminology

· Defining security

· Need for security

· Cyber crime

· Information Security statistics

· IS triangle

· Security myths

· How to Harden Security

Basic Security Procedures

· Why do I need to worry about my computer’s security?

· Introduction

· Hardening of Operating System

· Updating the system and configuring the updates

· Disable unnecessary services

· Strong password creation

· Deployment of antivirus and firewall

· Disable guest account access

· “Make Private” folders

· Security settings in MS Office applications

· Desktop Security

What is file sharing?

· Types of file sharing

· How to share folder?

· Configuring shared folder permissions

· Hiding files and folders

· File sharing tips

· File downloading tips

· How to backup data and restore?

· How to encrypt and decrypt files?

· How to kill suspect processes?

Administering Windows Securely

· How to use the event viewer?

· How to enable auditing in windows?

· How to read logs on your system?

· How to close ports?

· How to restore the registry?

· How to close a port?

· Common internal commands

· How to find services and ports they listen on?

Recognizing Security Threats and attacks

· Phishing and its countermeasures

· Virus

· Worms

· Spyware

· Adware

· Keylogger

· Social engineering

· Denial of Service

· Spamming

· Port Scanning

· Password cracking

· Basic security measures

Secure Internet Access

· Basic browser security settings

· How to restrict site access

· Removing site from security zone

· Secure website detection

· Secure site and browser properties

· Tools: Internet Filtering Software

· Configuring Internet content access

· Activating Content Advisor

· How to deal with cookies

· Using P2P networks securely

· Choosing appropriate browser settings

· Wireless network security features

Working on the Internet

· Precepts of Security

· Knowing Encryption

· Digital Certificate

· Digital Signature

· Working with e-mail (web based)

· Working with e-mail (mail client)

· Working with File Transfer- FTP

· Working with File Transfer – Web Folders

Knowing Online Payment Systems

· Working with Credit Cards

· Working with Instant Messengers

· Working across File Sharing Networks

· Working on Dial-in Networks

· Working with Portable Devices

· Working with Wireless Devices

· Working with USB devices

· Working with Media Files

· Working with 3rd party software

Incident Response

· What is Incident Response?

· Incidents and responses:

· Trojan attack

· Boot sector virus attack

· Corrupted registry

· Automatic running of CD-ROM (autorun.inf)