Hardening Windows 2003 Systems (Bulletproof your systems before you're hacked)

This five-day course primary focus is on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 based infrastructure solutions but will include some client focused content where appropriate. This course provides with functional skills in planning and implementing infrastructure security. This course is part of the Security Portfolio and will act as the primary entry point for IT Professionals at the implementation level.

Audience

The course is for a system administrator or system engineer who has the foundation implementation skills and knowledge for the deployment of secure Microsoft Windows Server 2003 based solutions. This course is not intended to provide design skills, but will cover planning skills at a level sufficient to enable decision making for the implementation process.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will gain the skills to:

  • Plan and configure an authorization and authentication strategy.
  • Install, configure, and manage certification authorities.
  • Configure, deploy, and manage certificates.
  • Plan, implement, and troubleshoot smart card certificates.
  • Plan, implement, and troubleshoot Encrypting File System (EFS).
  • Plan, configure, and deploy a secure member server baseline.
  • Plan, configure, and implement secure baselines for server roles.
  • Plan, configure, implement, and deploy client computer baselines.
  • Plan and implement software updates.
  • Plan, deploy, and troubleshoot data transmission security.
  • Plan and implement security for wireless networks.
  • Plan and implement perimeter security with Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004.
  • Secure remote access.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

  • Completed CompTIA Security + training
  • Experience implementing a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environment. Experience with organizational resources such as Web, FTP and Exchange servers, (not expected to have detailed knowledge) shared resources and network services such as DHCP, DNS and WINS also helpful.
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