Learn the security techniques used by the Internet’s most skilled professionals. This Security Essentials lab bundle, which includes 19 distinct, hands-on labs, will prepare you with the essential principles of network security and risk management.
What you'll learn
Practice the objectives presented in the CompTIA’s Security+ certificationAnalyze, update, and perform a gap analysis on a sample BCP/BIA/DRPPerform a backup in a server environmentFacilitate open source collection by using intimate network discovery techniques
Pre-requisites
• None
Curriculum
Students will become familiar with the Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Business Impact Assessment (BIA) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).
). During the course of the lab, students will perform a gap analysis on the provided BCP, BIAs and DRP, and make the necessary fixes to those documents
. After revising the previous documents the students will create a test for the covered assets, procedures and personnel
This lab shows the student how to setup BitLocker on a Windows 8.1 Professional system.
Block Incoming Traffic on Known Port
In this lab, the student will respond to an incident by blocking incoming traffic on a known port from a specific IP. Comparing Controls
Students will evaluate policies in place on a domain and apply those policies in accordance to organizational standards.
Students will create a list of installed programs, services, and accounts in a Windows 2012 server environment using various tools and methods.
Students will be required to create two documents: a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).
In this lab we will simulate the recovery phase where we must perform a backup in a server environment.
Event Log Collection
In this lab you will use Splunk Enterprise to ingest logs from a local host for analysis
This lab takes the trainee into basic concepts regarding establishing baselines of files and directories with Kali Linux and Windows 7.
Students will identify if a vulnerability is present in the systems and remediate the vulnerability if necessary
The Network Discovery lab is designed to help students facilitate open source collection by teaching them how to use more intimate network discovery techniques.
In this lab we will take the concept of zones and create three zones and route traffic accordingly. We will have the trusted zones ZONE - LAN which will be the internal Local Area Network.
Students will utilize Zenmap to generate a visual network topology.
The Open Source Collection lab is designed to familiarize students with the advanced functionality of Google, default webpages used for web-servers, and the specifics of Google Hacking database.
Students will use John the Ripper and Cain and Abel to crack password protected files
Performing Incident Response in a Windows Environment
This next lab walks students through identifying a security incident, as well as handling and then responding to the incident.
Students will leverage Scalnline, a windows network discovery and mapping tool, to identify the systems on a network of responsibility.
In this lab you will use Windows Event Viewer to view and filter the security event log on a Windows 7 client computer specifically for account logons.
This lab exercise is designed to allow the trainee become familiar with the use of Wireshark.
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