Why You Should Take AUD507: Auditing & Monitoring Networks, Perimeters & Systems
5Course author David Hoelzer explains what makes AUD507: Auditing & Monitoring Networks, Perimeters & Systems such a great course.
In AUD507 you will learn:
- Understand the different types of controls (e.g., technical vs. non-technical) essential to performing a successful audit
- Conduct a proper risk assessment of network to identify vulnerabilities and prioritize what will be audited
- Establish a well-secured baseline for computers and networks, a standard to conduct audit against
- Perform a network and perimeter audit using a seven step process
- Audit firewalls to validate that rules/settings are working as designed, blocking traffic as required
- Utilize vulnerability assessment tools effectively to provide management with the continuous remediation information necessary to make informed deci- sions about risk and resources.
- Audit web application's configuration, authentication, and session management identify vulnerabilities attackers can exploit
- Utilize scripting to build a system to baseline and automatically audit Active Directory and all systems in a Windows domain
David Hoelzer is the author of more than twenty days of SANS courseware. He is an expert in a variety of information security fields, having served in most major roles in the IT and security industries over the past twenty-five years.