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CIS 2156 – Designing a Secure Windows Network

Course Description:

Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design a security framework for small, medium, and enterprise networks by using Microsoft Windows technologies.

 

Competency Areas:

Hours

 

 

 

 

Analyzing Business Requirements

Class

4

Analyzing Technical Requirements

D. Lab

4

Analyzing Security Requirements

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Designing a Windows 2000 Security Solution

Credit

6

Designing a Security Solution for Access Between Networks

 

 

Designing Security for Communication Channels

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite:   CIS 1560 or CIS 2154

Corequisite:

 

 

Course Guide

 

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D. Lab

P. Lab/

O.B.I.

ANALYZING BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

6

6

0

 

Analyze the existing and planned business models

 

 

 

 

Analyze the existing and planned organizational structures. Considerations include management model; company organization; vendor, partner, and customer relationships; and acquisition plans

 

 

 

 

Analyze factors that influence company strategies

 

 

 

 

Analyze business and security requirements for the end user

 

 

 

 

Analyze the structure of IT management. Considerations include type of administration, such as centralized or decentralized; funding model; outsourcing; decision‑making process; and change‑management process

 

 

 

 

Analyze the current physical model and information security model

 

 

 

ANALYZING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

4

4

0

 

Evaluate the company's existing and planned technical environment

 

 

 

 

Analyze the impact of the security design on the existing and planned technical environment

 

 

 

ANALYZING SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

6

6

0

 

Design a security baseline for a Windows network that includes domain controllers, operations masters, application servers, file and print servers, RAS servers, desktop computers, portable computers, and kiosks

 

 

 

 

Identify the required level of security for each resource. Resources include printers, files, shares, Internet access, and dial‑in access

 

 

 

DESIGNING A WINDOWS 2000 SECURITY SOLUTION

10

10

0

 

Design an audit policy

 

 

 

 

Design a delegation of authority strategy

 

 

 

 

Design the placement and inheritance of security policies for sites, domains, and organizational units

 

 

 

 

Design an Encrypting File System strategy

 

 

 

 

Design an authentication strategy

 

 

 

 

Design a security group strategy

 

 

 

 

Design a Public Key Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

Design Windows network services security

 

 

 

DESIGNING A SECURITY SOLUTION FOR ACCESS BETWEEN NETWORKS

8

8

0

 

Provide secure access to public networks from a private network

 

 

 

 

Provide external users with secure access to private network resources

 

 

 

 

Provide secure access between private networks

 

 

 

 

Design Windows security for remote access users

 

 

 

DESIGNING SECURITY FOR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

6

6

0

 

Design an SMB‑signing solution

 

 

 

 

Design an IPSec solution

 

 

 

 

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