Preventing hackers, viruses and other security threats

Small & Medium Business

Securing your business involves more than just fighting the latest worm or virus. This class explores the types of security threats your business faces and helps you establish a holistic, in-depth approach to security. This class is not designed to help you resolve every individual security problem, but rather gives you a better understanding of the true threats to your business systems and data. 12 Ratings

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• Learn about the essential needs and criticality of security
• Understand the importance of developing an in-depth security policy
• Identify and protect against reconnaissance and access attacks
• Discover and protect against denial-of-service attacks
• Locate and protect against malware threats

	» Lesson 1: Establishing a security policy
	We'll start with an introduction to the vital importance of having a sound strategy for handling business security. You'll be presented with a sound rationale for the immediate, high-priority implementation of solid security mechanisms, with help from a proven, expert partner. » Preview the first lesson
	Lesson 2:  Identifying and protecting against reconnaissance and access attacks
	Danger is all around you. In this lesson, you'll learn about the unauthorized identification and mapping of your corporate computer systems, services and components. You'll learn to be constantly aware of the potential for information gathering and how it is often the precursor to a more structured attack.
	Lesson 3:  Identifying and protecting against denial-of-service attacks
	Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks are the most widely publicized method of corporate attack. Unfortunately, they're also one of the hardest attacks to eliminate totally from your threat list. You'll explore the nature of IP spoofing and DoS attacks, as well as find out specific information about the most common distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack tools.
	Lesson 4:  Identifying and protecting against malware threats
	In this lesson, you'll be introduced to malware in the three most common categories: viruses, worms and Trojan horses. In addition, you'll learn about application layer attacks and countermeasures. Finally, you'll explore malware attacks and methodologies and strategies for combating them.

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