Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP)

Delivery: Seminar

Estimated Length: 32 seat hours

Price: $3,195.00

Please call to enroll: 866.575.7206

Using the latest enterprise wireless LAN security and auditing equipment in this handson course, learn, in detail, the most up-to-date WLAN intrusion and DoS tools and techniques. You will learn about functionality of the 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard, the inner-workings of each EAP type used with wireless LANs today and every class and type of WLAN security solution available on the market from wireless intrusion prevention systems to wireless network management systems. As an added bonus, you will receive a free exam voucher.

Delivery Options:

Please contact NCTI Customer Care for delivery options and/or available dates, locations and times. You must provide your own laptop.

Completion Time:

The estimated completion time for this course is 32 hours (four days).

Recommended Prerequisite:

Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA)

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

understand WLAN security technology and solutions
describe WLAN security policy, concerns and auditing practices
layer vulnerabilities and analysis
explain WLAN mobile endpoint security solutions
understand WPA/WPA2 Personal and Enterprise configurations
describe WLAN management and monitoring
explain IEEE 802.11 authentication and key management (AKM)

Outline:

Security Fundamentals

Security basics, CWNA security review, industry organizations, terminology and wireless vulnerabilities

Wireless Security Challenges

Network discovery, pseudo-security, legacy security mechanisms, network attacks and recommended practices

Security Policy

Defining security policies, policy enforcement, policy management and policy types

Understanding Authentication

Passphrase authentication, AAA, RBAC, RADIUS, 802.1X and EAP

Authentication and Key Management

Robust security networks (RSN), RSN information element, RSN authentication and key management (AKM)

Encryption

Encryption fundamentals, encryption algorithms, WEP, TKIP and CCMP

Security Design Scenarios

Virtual private networks (VPN), remote networking and guest access networks

Secure Roaming

Roaming basics and terminology, preauthentication, PMK caching, opportunistic key caching (OKC), 802.11r FT, proprietary roaming and voice enterprise

Network Monitoring

Wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS), WIPS deployment models, WIPS policy, threat mitigation, location services, WNMS, protocol analysis and spectrum analysis