Networking Concepts

• Understanding the basics of communication systems like sender, media, receiver, etc.
• Explaining the various transmission media and concept of OSI and TCP/IP protocols
• Describing the concepts of LAN, WAN, wireless networks and internetworking
• Detailing the different packet formats used by TCP/IP protocols and ports

Security Concepts

• Illustrating the principles and concepts of security
• Describing the basics and techniques for identification and authentication
• Explaining the various types of attack on computing resources
• Detailing the concept of computer forensics for investigation and steganography for information hiding

Security Policy

• Understanding the basics and method for defining security policies and guidelines
• Defining the procedure to follow for security incidents

Security Models

• Explaining the various security models like Biba , Bell-la padula, etc.
• Describing the different types of access controls like mandatory or discretionary, etc.

Cryptography

• Illustrating the evolution of cryptography and different data encryption ciphers used
• Detailing the concepts and techniques for symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography and private and public key exchange
• Understanding the various techniques of secret key cryptography
• Explaining the basics of message authentication, hash function, digital signature and public key infrastructure (PKI)

Hardware Security

• Describing the concept and usage of smart card, access token and biometrics for hardware-based security implementation

Router Hardening and ACL

• Understanding the process of routing and provisions for router security
• Illustrating the steps to create and implement access control lists (ACL)
• Describing the procedure to remove unwanted Protocols and Services and enable router logging

IDS

• Explaining the concepts and types of intrusion detection systems (IDS)
• Illustrating the signature detection in IDS and log analysis of IDS systems

Firewalls

• Understanding the concept of firewall and various components and types of firewall
• Describing the basics of firewall policy, rule sets and packet filters in firewall
• Illustrating proxy server, bastion host, DMZ and honeypot used with firewall for security management
• Explaining the working of ISA Server and IPTables for Windows and Linux

Wireless Security

• Describing the basics of wireless application protocol and access point security
• Explaining the usage of wireless PKI
• Illustrating the various wireless security solutions and need for auditing

System Security

• Detailing the techniques for desktop security by anti-virus software
• Understanding Email security implementation by PGP and S/MIME
• Explaining the concepts of web authentication, SSL, IPSec, TLS and SET for implementing web security
• Illustrating the basics of virtual private network (VPN), VPN types and architecture for implementation

OS Security

• Understanding the significance and basics of OS vulnerabilities, updates and patches
• Illustrating the concept of OS integrity checks and trusted OS
• Describing the techniques for OS hardening for Linux and Windows 2003

Security Management

• Describing the essentials for network management and usage of SNMP for same
• Explaining the procedure to manage incident response
• Illustrating the process of risk management and analysis for securing assets
• Understanding the concept and importance of business continuity planning and disaster recovery for recovering from security incidents

Regulations and compliance

• Explaining the relevance of laws and policies
• Describing the IT Act, IPC and copyright act as applied to organization
• Illustrating the concept and relevance of privacy as applied to data asset
• Detailing the steps to publish and importance of email policy