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Security practices

Security practices. Unit objectives Secure an operating system Secure network devices. Topic A. Topic A: Operating systems Topic B: Devices. Antivirus software. Combat viruses Real-time scanners Checksum Definition files Antivirus products. Activity A-1.

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Security practices

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  1. Security practices Unit objectives • Secure an operating system • Secure network devices

  2. Topic A • Topic A: Operating systems • Topic B: Devices

  3. Antivirus software • Combat viruses • Real-time scanners • Checksum • Definition files • Antivirus products

  4. Activity A-1 Installing antivirus software

  5. Spyware • Software installed without user’s knowledge • Installed along with another app • Hidden in license agreement • File sharing sites

  6. Windows Defender • Severe • High • Medium • Low • Not yet classified

  7. Activity A-2 Scanning your system for spyware

  8. Securing the operating system • Hardening • Hotfixes • Patches • Updates • Service packs

  9. Windows Update

  10. Updates • Important • Recommended • Optional

  11. Activity A-3 Updating the operating system

  12. Patch management • View list of installed updates • View update information • Uninstall updates when necessary

  13. Activity A-4 Managing software patches

  14. Other updates • Firmware • BIOS

  15. System Information • Complete system summary • Run msinfo32 • BIOS and SMBIOS versions

  16. Activity A-5 Determining BIOS version

  17. Windows Firewall • Host-based firewall • Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 • Filters communication • Protects the operating system

  18. Activity A-6 Configuring Windows Firewall

  19. Topic B • Topic A: Operating systems • Topic B: Devices

  20. Firewalls and proxy servers • Firewalls • NAT • Basic packet filtering • Stateful packet inspection • Access control lists • Network layer vs Application layer • Proxy servers • Manages client communication • Masks internal IP addresses • Internet content filters • Block access to sites

  21. Activity B-1 Examining firewalls and proxy servers

  22. Security zones • Divide network into levels of security • Intranet • Perimeter • Extranet

  23. Intranet • Organization’s private network • Private addresses • Additional measures • Antivirus software • Removing unnecessary services • Auditing • Subnetting

  24. Perimeter network • Prevent direct communication with intranet from extranet (Internet) • Kept separate from the intranet • Demilitarized zone (DMZ)

  25. DMZ • Screened host • Bastion host • Three-homed firewall • Back-to-back firewall • Dead zone

  26. Screened host

  27. Bastion host

  28. Three-homed firewall

  29. Back-to-back firewall

  30. Dead zone

  31. Traffic filtering • Outgoing • From a DMZ computer • Determine computer functions within DMZ • Incoming • Source addresses • Uninitiated inbound traffic

  32. Activity B-2 Comparing firewall-based secure topologies

  33. Network access control • Ensures policy compliance • Microsoft’s Network Access Protection • Third-party vendors

  34. Activity B-3 Identifying the benefits of NAC

  35. Virtual private network • Secure communication across the Internet • Mobile employees • TCP/IP communications encrypted • Tunneling • VPN concentrators

  36. IPSec encryption • Secures IPv4 and IPv6 communications • Encryption • Tunnel • Transport

  37. Activity B-4 Identifying the security enabled by VPNs

  38. Security issues • Built-in management interfaces • Physical attack susceptibility

  39. Built-in management interfaces • HTTP, Telnet, and SNMP interfaces vulnerable to attack • Switches • Default passwords • Network sniffing

  40. Secure and unsecure methods • Telnet • HTTP, HTTPS, SHTTP • FTP, SFTP, TFPT • SNMP • SSH and SCP • RSH and RCP

  41. Physical attack susceptibility • Physical access • Theft • Reconfiguration • Eavesdropping • Network hijacking

  42. Activity B-5 Identifying inherent weaknesses in network devices

  43. Overcoming device weaknesses • Change default passwords • Disable features • Update or upgrade firmware and software • Monitor

  44. Activity B-6 Examining the ways to overcome device threats

  45. Intrusion detection and prevention • IDS systems monitor network • IDS system classified as • Anomaly-based • Behavior-based • Signature-based • Passive vs reactive actions • NIDS vs HIDS • IDS determinations • True negative • True positive • False positive • False negative

  46. Activity B-7 Discussing IDS characteristics

  47. NIDS • Network location • Indicators of malicious activity • Active reaction options • Passive reaction options • Examples • Cisco’s IOS NIDS • Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection

  48. HIDS • HIDS operation • Logs • File modifications • Application and resource monitoring • Network traffic monitoring

  49. HIDS advantages • Can verify an attack • Can monitor individual users • Monitor direct physical attacks • No reliance on network location or topology

  50. Activity B-8 Comparing HIDS and NIDS

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