EC-Council Network Security Administrator (ENSA)

Course details

The EC-Council’s Network Security Administrator certification looks at the network security in defensive view while the CEH certification program looks at the security in offensive mode. The ENSA program is designed to provide fundamental skills needed to analyze the internal and external security threats against a network, and to develop security policies that will protect an organization’s information. Students will learn how to evaluate network and Internet security issues and design, and how to implement successful security policies and firewall strategies. In addition, they will learn how to expose system and network vulnerabilities and defend against them.

The ENSA Course is for experienced hands in the industry and is backed by a curriculum designed by the best in the field. Students can gain greater industry acceptance as seasoned Network Security professional. Students learn to configure firewalls, intrusion detection systems and AV systems. Develop effective security policy in the company.

This course looks at the network security in defensive view. The ENSA program is designed to provide fundamental skills needed to analyze the internal and external security threats against a network, and to develop security policies that will protect an organization’s information. Students will learn how to evaluate network and Internet security issues and design, and how to implement successful security policies and firewall strategies. In addition, they will learn how to expose system and network vulnerabilities and defend against them.

Who Should Attend

This course will significantly benefit System Administrators, System Engineers, Firewall Administrators, Network Managers, IT Managers, IT Professionals and anyone who is interested in network security technologies.

Prerequisites

This course is a prerequisite for the CEH program.

Certification

The Network Security Administrator certification exam 312-38 will be conducted on the last day of training. Students need to pass the online Prometric exam to receive ENSA certification.

Course Outline 

• Module I: Fundamentals of Computer Network
• Module II: Network Protocols
• Module III: Protocol Analysis
• Module IV: Hardening Physical Security
• Module V: Network Security
• Module VI: Security Standards Organizations
• Module VII: Security Standards
• Module VIII: Security Policy
• Module IX: IEEE Standards
• Module X: Network Security Threats
• Module XI: Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
• Module XII: Firewalls
• Module XIII: Packet Filtering and Proxy Servers
• Module XIV: Bastion Host and Honeypots
• Module XV: Securing Modems
• Module XVI: Troubleshooting Network 
• Module XVII: Hardening Routers
• Module XVIII: Hardening Operating Systems
• Module XIX: Patch Management
• Module XX: Log Analysis
• Module XXI: Application Security
• Module XXII: Web Security
• Module XXIII: E-mail Security
• Module XXIV: Authentication: Encryption, Cryptography and Digital Signatures
• Module XXV: Virtual Private Networks and Remote Networking
• Module XXVI: Wireless Network Security 
• Module XXVII: Creating Fault Tolerance
• Module XXVIII: Incident Response 
• Module XXIX: Disaster Recovery and Planning
• Module XXX: Network Vulnerability Assessment