PCP 780 - Operating Systems Security

5 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable business professionals to protect networks from the inside-out by focusing on Linux and Windows system hardening. Topics covered include cryptography and data security, ethical hacking tools and techniques, hardening Linux and Windows systems, security on the Internet, risk analysis, information security policies and procedures, and traffic analysis.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. describe the core concepts of cryptography, especially as they relate to information security;
2. utilize information security tools to harden systems;
3. demonstrate the ability to harden Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems;
4. demonstrate the ability to harden Windows Server systems;
5. perform a risk analysis on a simulated network;
6. create a security policy for a fictitious company;
7. analyze traffic using Wireshark; and
8. demonstrate ethical behavior appropriate to security-related technologies.