This course is often taught as part of the 14 -day ACADEMY MCSE 2003+ Security Boot Camp

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.

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 2152C: 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 2153B: 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 2154B: Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services.

Elements of this abstract 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.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Plan a security framework for a network.
• Identify threats to network security.
• Analyze security risks.
• Design security for physical resources.
• Design security for networked 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 acceptable use policy.
• Design a network administration policy.
• Design an incident response policy.
• Design an operations framework to manage security

Exam 70-298: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows® 2000 Network.

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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.