The eLearning Center for Gatlin Education Services

This course is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of security, and to help prepare for the CompTIA™ Security+ exam. It covers material related to general security concepts, communications security, infrastructure security, basics of cryptography, and operational/organizational security.

The following topics are covered:

• Hacking, Cracking, and Attacks
• Mitigation Techniques
• Hardening
• Infrastructure Access Points
• Infrastructure Protocols
• Infrastructure Topologies
• Infrastructure Management

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of security threats
• Understand communication and infrastructure security
• Understand cryptography, access control and authentication
• Prevent against external attack
• Demonstrate knowledge of operational and organization security

Lesson 1: Hacking, Cracking, and Attacks

1. Why Security is Necessary
2. Reconnaissance Techniques
3. Access Techniques
4. Denial of Service Attacks

Lesson 2: Mitigation Techniques

1. Authentication
2. Authorization
3. Accounting

1. NOSOS Hardening
2. Filters/Firewalls
3. Intrusion Detection Systems
4. Organization
5. Forensics (Awareness, Conceptual Knowledge and Understanding-Know what your role is)

1. Layer 1 Access Points
2. Layer 2 Access Points
3. Layer 3 Access Points
4. Layer 4 and Above

1. Remote Access
2. Internetwork Access

1. Security Zones
2. VLANs
3. Network Address Translation
4. Tunneling
5. Key Management/Certification Lifecycle

1. Privilege Management
2. Risk Identification
3. Education (Training of End Users, Executives, and Human Resources)
4. Documentation