Introduction
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This three-day, instructor-led course provides you with the knowledge and skills to design a secure network infrastructure. Topics include assembling the design team, modeling threats, and analyzing security risks in order to meet business requirements for securing computers in a networked environment. The course encourages decision-making skills through an interactive tool that simulates real-life scenarios that the target audience may encounter. You are given the task of collecting the information and sorting through the details to resolve the given security requirement.

Audience
This course is intended for IT systems engineers and security specialists who are responsible for establishing security policies and procedures for an organization. Students should have one to three years of experience designing related business solutions.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Plan a framework for network security.
Identify threats to network security.
Analyze security risks.
Design security for physical resources.
Design security for computers.
Design security for accounts.
Design security for authentication.
Design security for data.
Design security for data transmission.
Design security for network perimeters.
Design an incident response procedure.
In addition, this course contains three teachable appendices that cover:
Designing an acceptable use policy.
Designing policies for managing networks.
Designing an operations framework for managing security.

Prerequisites

This course requires that students meet the following prerequisites:
.A strong familiarity with Microsoft Windows® 2000 core technologies, such as those covered in Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) Course 2152: Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server
.A strong familiarity with Windows 2000 networking technologies and implementation, such as those covered in MOC Course 2153: Implementing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
.A strong familiarity with Windows 2000 directory services technologies and implementation, such as those covered in MOC Course 2154: Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services.
AND
Microsoft Certified Professional
Exam 70-220: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Exam 70-298: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network