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Introduction to Firewalls

3 Day Course
Code IFW

This course has been retired; please see the Cyber Security course section for alternative options.

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Introduction (3 topics)

  • What are we protecting ourselves against?
  • Which persons are the threat?
  • What do we have that anyone would wish to violate?

Communications Protocols Used on the Internet (6 topics)

  • TCP/IP mechanism
  • Ports and services
  • Network services
  • Intruder techniques
  • Port scanning and detection
  • TCP/IP based threats

Harvesting Information (3 topics)

  • What intruders are looking for
  • Tools of the trade
  • Attack signatures

Introducing Encryption (3 topics)

  • Business objectives
  • Types of encryption
  • Virtual private networks

Traffic Control (2 topics)

  • Firewalls
  • Application level filtering and proxy services

System Security Checks (1 topic)

  • Top 20 IT-based vulnerabilities

Prerequisites

Delegates should have a reasonable knowledge of IT in general. You should feel comfortable investigating system settings through a Windows GUI interface, as well as entering line commands in console environments. Some investigations may be carried out on a UNIX platform. The course has technical content, but this is technically in breadth, rather than depth.

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