Cybersecurity Information Security Fundamentals – EC-Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSS)

Course Description
EC-Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSS) allows students to enhance their skills in three different areas namely information security, network security, and computer forensics. In communications, information security also covers trustworthy authentication of messages that covers identification of verifying and recording the approval and authorization of information, non-alteration of data, and the non-repudiation of communication or stored data.

• It facilitates your entry into the world of Information Security
• It provides professional understanding about the concepts of Information Security, Network Security, and Computer Forensics
• It provides best practices to improve organizational security posture
• It enhances your skills as a Security Specialist and increases your employability

This course prepares an individual to sit for ECSS exam. This certification is an excellent complement to educational offerings in the domain of security and networking.

• Key issues plaguing the information security, network security, and computer forensics
• Fundamentals of networks and various components of the OSI and TCP/IP model
• Social engineering techniques, identify theft, and social engineering countermeasures
• Identification, authentication, and authorization concepts
• Different types of cryptography ciphers, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), cryptography attacks, and cryptanalysis tools
• Fundamentals of IDS and IDS evasion techniques
• Fundamentals of firewall, techniques for bypassing firewall, and firewall technologies such as Bastion Host, DMZ, Proxy Servers, Network Address Translation, Virtual Private Network, and Honeypot
• Data backup techniques and VPN security
• Wireless Encryption, wireless threats, wireless hacking tools, and Wi-Fi security
• Fundamentals of ethical hacking and pen testing
• Cyber-crime and computer forensics investigation methodology
• Steganography and its techniques
• E-mails tracking and e-mail crimes investigation
• Writing investigation report

Who is this course for?
This course will benefit students who are interested in learning the fundamentals of information security, network security, and computer forensics – firewalls, networking, engineering, TCP/IP, IDS, security, wireless, cryptography, hacking, etc.

Prerequisites:
The ECSS course requires the candidate to have one year of work experience in the Information Security domain as system administrator, network administrator or security administrator.