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Course Descriptions // Information Security Training

The Information Security curriculum consists of the core training courses below.

The course description follows below.

Web Server and Website Security

Completion Time: 18 hours
Course Structure: 6 Lessons, 6 Quizzes, 1 Final Exam
Cost: USD $129
Course Description...

A rash of recent high-profile cyber attacks have highlighted the need for web security, and companies are taking notice. In today's world, a company's website can be its lifeblood, interfacing with its customers and housing vast stores of valuable information.

This course covers all of the most essential skills needed to maintain a secure environment for websites and web server systems. It teaches how to prevent website break-ins, how to perform ongoing web security monitoring, and how to detect and recover from security breaches.

The course features hands-on work on an Apache-based web server running in the Amazon cloud environment. The student learns how to manage security settings for the base system and the web server software, how to keep active websites secure and set up website encryption, and how to harden security for dynamic website components including PHP, CGI, and databases.

The material in this course is directly applicable to the CompTIA Security+ Certification, covering key web-related certification objectives.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: see the Outline, take the Demo, ask a Question

Network Infrastructure Security

Completion Time: 15 hours
Course Structure: 5 Lessons, 5 Quizzes, 1 Final Exam
Cost: USD $129
Course Description...

A company's network is its information infrastructure. If you can keep the network secure, you can keep the systems on that network secure.

This course provides the skills needed to secure a modern LAN network. It teaches how to enforce security on firewalls, routers, and switches and how to monitor the overall network to detect and prevent against attacks.

The course features hands-on work on Cisco network devices and Linux-based monitoring systems. The student learns how to enable the most important security-related features and how to manage network security on an ongoing basis.

The material in this course is directly applicable to the CompTIA Security+ Certification, covering key network-related certification objectives.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: see the Outline, take the Demo, ask a Question