2830 - Designing Security for a Microsoft Network
Introduction
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a secure network for computers running Microsoft operating systems. The course emphasizes the design aspects of security including threat identification and risk assessment. It also provides best practices and guidelines for developing and verifying effective security policies and procedures.
Audience
This course is intended for IT systems engineers and security specialists who are responsible for establishing security policies and procedures for an organization. They have one to three years of experience designing related business solutions.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students 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
Before attending this course, students must have:
- A strong familiarity with 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, such as those covered in Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) Course 2153—Implementing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure.
- A strong familiarity with Windows 2000 directory services technologies, such as those covered in Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) Course 2154—Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Designing Security
This module describes the basic framework for designing network security and introduces key concepts used throughout the course. It also introduces an ongoing case study that is utilized in the labs.
Lessons
- Introduction to Designing Security for Microsoft Networks
- Contoso Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study
Lab: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005
- Performing an Installation
- Managing SQL Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain how to prepare the hardware and other resources necessary to install SQL Server 2005.
- Install SQL Server 2005.
- Manage and configure a SQL Server 2005 installation.
Module 2: Creating a Plan for Network Security
This module discusses the importance of security policies and procedures in a security design. It also explains how a security design team must include representation from various members of your organization. After completing this module, you will be able use a framework for designing security and create a security design team.
Lessons
- Introduction to Security Policies
- Defining a Process for Designing Network Security
- Creating a Security Design Team
Lab A: Planning a Security Framework
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe common elements of security policies and procedures.
- Create a security design framework by using the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) process model.
- Create a security design team.
Module 3: Identifying Threats to Network Security
This module explains how to identify likely threats to a network and explains attacker motivations. After completing this module, you will be able to explain common threats and predict threats by using a threat model.
Lessons
- Introduction to Security Threats
- Predicting Threats to Security
Lab A: Identifying Threats to Network Security
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain common network vulnerabilities and how attackers can exploit them.
- Predict threats to security by using the STRIDE (Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information disclosure, Denial of service, and Elevation of privilege) threat model.
Module 4: Analyzing Security Risks
This module explains how to determine what resources in an organization require protection and how to categorize them in order to assign an appropriate level of protection. After completing this module, you will be able to apply a framework for planning risk management.
Lessons
- Introduction to Risk Management
- Creating a Risk Management Plan
Lab A: Analyzing Security Threats
- Creating Logins and Assigning Server-Scope Permissions
- Creating and Managing Users
- Using a Certificate to Protect Data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the purpose and operation of risk management.
- Draft the elements of a risk management plan.
Module 5: Creating a Security Design for Physical Resources
This module describes threats and risks to physical resources in an organization, as well as how to secure facilities, computers, and hardware. After completing this module, you will be able to design security for physical resources.
Lessons
- Determining Threats and Analyzing Risks to Physical Resources
- Designing Security for Physical Resources
Lab A: Designing Security for Physical Resources
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Determine threats and analyze risks to physical resources.
- Design security for physical resources.
Module 6: Creating a Security Design for Computers
This module explains how to determine threats and analyze risks to computers on your network. After completing this module, you will be able to design security for computers.
Lessons
- Determining Threats and Analyzing Risks to Computers
- Designing Security for Computers
Lab A: Designing Security for Computers
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Determine threats and analyze risks to computers.
- Design security for computers.
Module 7: Creating a Security Design for Accounts
This module describes the threats and risks to accounts in an organization. After completing this module, you will be able to design security for accounts.
Lessons
- Determining Threats and Analyzing Risks to Accounts
- Designing Security for Accounts
Lab A: Designing Security for Accounts
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Determine threats and analyze risks to accounts.
- Design security for accounts.
Module 8: Creating a Security Design for Authentication
This module explains the purpose of replication, introduces the concepts underpinning replication, and describes how to implement replication in several common scenarios.
Lessons
- Determining Threats and Analyzing Risks to Authentication
- Designing Security for Authentication
Lab A: Designing Authentication Security
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Determine threats and analyze risks to authentication.
- Design security for authentication.
Module 9: Maintaining High Availability
This module examines threats and risks to data. After completing this module, you will be able to design security for data.
Lessons
- Determining Threats and Analyzing Risks to Data
- Designing Security for Data
Lab A: Designing Security for Data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Determine threats and analyze risks to data.
- Design security for data.
Module 10: Creating a Security Design for Data Transmission
This module discusses threats and risks to data transmission. After completing this module, you will be able to design security for data transmission.
Lessons
- Determining Threats and Analyzing Risks to Data Transmission
- Designing Security for Data Transmission
Lab A: Designing Security for Data Transmission
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Determine threats and analyze risks to data transmission.
- Design security for data transmission.
Module 11: Creating a Security Design for Network Perimeters
This module describes threats to the points where your network connects to other networks, such as the Internet. After completing this module, you will be able to design security for network perimeters.
Lessons
- Determining Threats and Analyzing Risks to Network Perimeters
- Designing Security for Network Perimeters
Lab A: Designing Security for Network Perimeters
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Determine threats and analyze risks to network perimeters.
- Design security for network perimeters.
Module 12: Designing Responses to Security Incidents
This module provides information about auditing and creating procedures to direct how you respond to security incidents. After completing this module, you will be able to design an audit policy and an incident response procedure.
Lessons
- Introduction to Auditing and Incident Response
- Designing an Audit Policy
- Designing an Incident Response Procedure
Lab A: Designing an Incident Response Procedure
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explain the importance of auditing and incident response.
- Design an auditing policy.
- Design an incident response procedure.
Appendices
Appendix A: Designing an Acceptable Use Policy
This appendix provides information about creating policies for acceptable use of network resources by users.
Lessons
- Analyzing Risks That Users Introduce
- Designing Security for Computer Use
Appendix B: Designing Policies for Managing Networks
This appendix offers guidelines for ensuring that network administrators manage networks in a secure manner.
Lessons
- Analyzing Risks to Managing Networks
- Designing Security for Managing Networks
Appendix C: Designing an Operations Framework to Manage Security
This appendix explains how to create a framework to ensure security of a network as the network changes and as the security requirements of the organization change.
Lessons
- Analyzing Risks to Ongoing Network Operations
- Designing a Framework for Ongoing Network Operations
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