DESCRIPTION AND BENEFITS

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

• find out all about Windows 2000/XP/2003™ security and auditing facilities
• be led through a series of structured hands-on exercises designed to teach you how to check out the security of your Windows 2000/XP/2003™ networks
• be alerted to all the key security risks and vulnerabilities
• 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 Windows 2000/XP/2003™ system
• take away not only a valuable hands-on experience, but also a comprehensive course manual illustrated with screen images, examples, diagrams and full documentation of the keystrokes needed to cover crucial audit tasks

With access to XP workstations throughout the two days, we’ll show you how to use the control and security features of Windows 2000/XP/2003™ and tell you about its strengths and weaknesses. You’ll see how security through Active Directory® Group Policies can be structured to work effectively in different types of user environments, and learn how to manage the Windows 2000/XP/2003™ security administration functions.

Through fully documented hands-on activities, we’ll give you practical experience of performing:

• security administration tasks
• vital audit tests and reporting functions

You’ll find out how to use the auditing facilities of Windows 2000/XP/2003™ and we’ll show you some of the currently available proprietary security products.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED

Introduction
• overview of the Windows 2000/XP/2003™ operating system

HANDS-ON
Windows 2000/XP/2003™ security features

• managing users and groups under Windows 2000/XP/2003™
  • user administration and delegation
  • Windows 2000/XP/2003™ groups and user rights
• Windows 2000/XP/2003™ networking
  • share security
• Windows 2000/XP/2003™ active directory
  • active directory based security using Group Policies
  • backward compatibility with NT domains and trusts security
• the file system
  • Windows 2000/XP/2003™ partitions and volumes
  • the four file systems
  • file and directory permissions
• Windows 2000/XP/2003™ auditing facilities
  • managing and viewing the event logs
  • Windows 2000/XP/2003™ security and audit software

HANDS-ON
Auditing Windows 2000/XP/2003™

• how to audit management of the network
• auditing system administration and log-on controls
• reviewing active directories security
• auditing security of the file system
• auditing the event logs
• auditing back-up and housekeeping arrangements
• audit tools and techniques

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