CISSP Security Professional: Telecommunications and Network Security online course

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Course Summary:

This online course covers Domain 2 of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam. It explains what you need to know about the structures, transmissions methods, transport formats, and security measures used to provide integrity, availability, authentication, and confidentiality for transmissions over private and public communications networks and media.

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Explain the International Standards Organization/Open Systems Interconnection
(ISO/OSI) layers and characteristics
Describe the design and function of communications and network security
Describe the components, protocols and services involved in Internet/intranet/extranet design
Define and describe communications security techniques to prevent, detect, and correct errors so that integrity, availability, and confidentiality of transactions over networks may be maintained
Define and describe specific areas of communication and how they can be secured
Explain current forms of network attacks and their countermeasures

Course Outline:

The Open Systems Interconnection model
Network characteristics
Network topologies
LAN devices
WAN technologies
Providing remote access capabilities
Networking and security protocols
Securing communications
Error prevention, detection, and correction
Intrusion detection, response, and prevention
Fault tolerance and data restoration

Course Features:

A glossary
A Skill Assessment

This online course is for:

This online course is for anyone preparing for the CISSP exam, or for anyone who wants to learn more about information security subjects.

Prerequisites:

Candidates for this exam are typically network security professionals and system administrators with at least 3 years of work experienceCISSP Security Professional: Access Control Systems and Methodology

Technical Requirements:

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 98 or higher. Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. Macromedia Flash player 6.0 is recommended for full functionality, but not required to play the courses. Sound card, with speakers or headphones is recommended, but not required to play the courses. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.