DESCRIPTION AND BENEFITS

During this two-day HANDS-ON workshop you will:

• find out how a sound network security strategy is put together
• have hands-on access through your workstation to networked systems, enabling you to explore the control systems and learn from the practical experience of having carried out an on-line network audit
• discover the risks associated with different types of networks
• be provided with Audit Workpacks targeted at each risk, showing the detailed audit tests you need to perform and questions to ask when auditing a networked system
• take away not only a valuable hands-on experience, but also a course manual illustrated with screen images, examples, diagrams and full documentation of the activities needed to cover crucial network auditing tasks
  

Designed specifically for computer auditors and security specialists, this workshop explores the vast array of security and control issues affecting modern networking systems. We’ll explain how to pinpoint the risks, install high security defences, and then check out how effectively these control systems are operating.

You will find out how the introduction of new technologies in this fast changing sector is radically affecting the way businesses operate and throws up previously unheard-of exposures. We’ll also show you some of the latest security techniques now being used by the market leaders to handle their vital business systems.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED
An overview of networking technology
• networking structures, equipment and connections
• the standards (TCP/IP, OSI, HDLC, ISDN, etc.)
• the new technologies

HANDS-ON
Local area networks
• client/server systems
• the network operating system
• LAN security:
•••• key risks, exposures and security weaknesses
••••restricting access to workstations and servers
••••data integrity
• auditing LAN security

HANDS-ON
Wide area networks
• data transmission, message control and protocols
• services and service providers
• WAN security:
•••• key risks, exposures and security weaknesses
•••• encryption techniques
•••• data transmission integrity
•••• authentication and certification
• auditing WAN security
•••• what to do and how to do it
•••• tools, techniques and audit software products

HANDS-ON
Intranets and the internet
• the latest internet services
• the security risks and how to overcome them
••••firewalls and gateways
••••e-commerce risks
• auditing the security of internet connections

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