Voice and Data: An Introduction to Information Assurance

Overview
This 4-day lecture and hands-on training course provides an introduction to information assurance and general security practices. The lectures and hands-on lab exercises cover a broad range of topics related to information assurance and information security issues. Students attending this course receive a Certificate of Completion.

Audience
Professionals who need to hit the ground running and fill gaps in their understanding or are new to information security should attend.

Prerequisites
Computer literacy is required. Students should be familiar with a windowed Graphical User Interface (GUI) computing environment.

Course Materials
Lecture, lab and reference materials are provided.

Course Contents

• Information Gathering
• Scanning and Spoofing
• Sniffing & Session Hijacking
• Denial of Service and Distributed DOS
• Buffer Overflows
• Passwords, Authentication, and Access Controls
• Malicious Software
• Firewalls
• Logging and Intrusion Detection Systems
• War Dialing and Modem Security
• Information Hiding, Cryptography, and Steganography
• Policies, Standards, & Procedures
• Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery
• Building Secure Applications and Systems, Security Models
• Criteria and System Certification
• Cyber Crime, Computer Forensics and Incident Response
• Training and User Certifications
• Audits, Assessments and Penetration Test
• Other Applicable Topics