Security Professional Package

Master IT security techniques with this unique training package that contains both Cisco-specialist and vendor-neutral training materials. Students can learn a number of valuable practical skills that will help them carve out a career in the lucrative IT security market.

Focusing on modern enterprise computing security topics, this course package is best suited to:

• Network security professionals who need to improve their skills and learn new techniques.
• Security experts who need to achieve a recognised qualification as evidence of their skills.
• Network engineers who want to improve their skills and employment options.
• IT professionals looking to cross-train into IT security.
• Private individuals who would like to acquire valuable skills that allow them to make a career change for a new role in network security.

Using a blend of instructor-led videos and vendor approved training materials, the Security Professional package is delivered online, ensuring contents are available anyplace anytime, as students need them. Learners can test their knowledge and understanding of each module using flash cards and educational games, whilst end of unit tests and quizzes ensure they have fully grasped each concept before moving on to the next module or course.

Students can also use the social networking platform also to share their real world knowledge and experience with other learners, creating a peer-to-peer problem solving and learning resource to complement their studies. Upon completion of the course students will not only have mastered the theories behind network security and Cisco network engineering, but they will also have learned the skills required to complete the certification exams associated with each course.

The Security Professional Package is made up of three separate courses designed to give students a complete understanding of network security, particularly where Cisco infrastructure is involved. Taking learners through the fundamentals of auditing, protecting and building network security systems, this course will ensure that they are fully prepared to face real world challenges in the corporate datacentre.

The package begins with the ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor course which shows delegates:

• The importance of applying information technology governance principles to maintain levels of security and system availability.
• Defining and managing the information systems and infrastructure lifecycle to better plan and budget for upgrades and replacements.
• Defining IT service delivery and support mechanisms and levels to ensure that systems and users remain online and issues are properly prioritised.
• Identifying critical information assets and designing systems and processes to protect them from loss, theft or unauthorised access.
• Building a business continuity and disaster recovery strategy that will help keep the organisation running in the event of a major system failure.

The second course included in the bundle – the Certified Information Systems Security Professional – looks at:

• The principles of secure access control and how they are applied to a network, keeping unauthorised users out of a system.
• Telecommunications and network systems and devices that need to be secured against attack to prevent data loss or theft.
• The role that information governance and risk management play in raising corporate security standards, and how they need to be applied to information systems.
• The importance of security considerations during software architecture and design stages.
• Using cryptography to protect data in transit and prevent unauthorised access of files without the correct decryption keys.
• Using security architecture and design principles to limit data access and potential angles of attack.
• Monitoring, auditing and improving operations security to keep systems secure at the point of access.
• Designing and implementing business continuity and disaster recovery plans to help re-establish operations as quickly as possible following a serious outage.
• Legal obligations of data security and obligations that must be fulfilled in the event of a criminal investigation.
• Physical and environmental security considerations, like preventing theft of computer hardware or minimising fire risks.

The final course helps provide a vendor perspective using the Cisco CCNA + Security modules:

• Using the Cisco Router SDM security audit feature to identify unauthorised network resource usage.
• Locking down router security to prevent cybercriminals from gaining access to key network resources.
• The Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting philosophy – keys to implementing corporate security solutions that actually work.
• Using Access Control Lists to mitigate threats and minimise attack surfaces by limiting network access to authorised devices.
• Implementing stateful firewalls using Cisco IOS to identify and block low level hacking attempts and malicious traffic.
• Securing inter-site VPNs and data transfer using SDM on Cisco routers.

The Security Professional package helps students acquire the knowledge and practical skills they need to secure and manage a Cisco network using industry best-practice principles.

By completing the three courses contained in this unique package, learners will be ready to sit and pass the following qualifications:

• ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Cisco Certified Network Architect (CCNA).

Other benefits include:

• World-class, industry-leading practical skills that can be applied to any network engineering or security issue.
• Up-to-date knowledge and skills that can be used to raise personal performance.
• The ability to take on additional network management tasks and possible secure an internal promotion.
• Improved employment options with newly acquired skills that are currently in high demand.

The Security Professional package is a cost-effective way to learn about improving network security in a Cisco environment. The unique blend of vendor neutral content coupled with Cisco-specific training means that skills can be used and applied anywhere – adding additional value in the form of portability.