Organizational Systems Security Analyst™
Enterprise Security Certification

Description:

The Organizational Systems Security Analyst™ (OSSA™) is an international practical and technical IT-Security certification course that teaches IT professionals how to secure enterprise networks and systems. It is designed specially for 3 broad groups of people:

• IT-Security Professionals looking for practical and hands-on technical security training & certification which is applicable to any private- or public-sector Enterprise-class organization;

• IT Professionals who are looking to get into the IT-Security industry; and

• Those looking for Enterprise-relevant IT-Security training with practical lab-based exams and certification that will truly separate the IT-Security contenders from the pretenders.

With its balanced approach to the use of both Open-Source-based and proprietary methodologies and tools to achieve the objective of network-level, application-level and Windows/Linux/Unix OS/server-level security for organizations, the vendor-neutral OSSA™ teaches a wide-ranging and vendor-independent approach to real-world planning, operational and legal issues surrounding IT-Security which both profit and non-profit organizations will encounter.


This practical 5-day, hands-on security certification course is geared at equipping participants with the knowledge and practical technical skills necessary to secure their organizations from both internal and external threats, as well as understanding the impact of law on IT-Security policy and operationswithin the organization.


Unlike many other certifications which typically focus on tools that become ineffective very fast in the real world, the OSSA™ first looks at IT-Security from a methodological perspective and draws lessons from Sun Tzu's "Art of War", introducing the practicalities of IT-Security, and not just theory. It then populates the framework with resources and tools by which various security aims and objectives can be met. For these technical portions, although there is practical coursework, the aim is not to teach about the tool itself but about the category of usefulness that the tool falls into so that the course attendees can select, on their own, the "best-of-breed" for the task at hand.
Give a man a tool and he’ll protect himself for a day. Give him methodology in conjunction with resources and he’ll be able to protect his organization for a lifetime.


Taught only by certified and accredited trainers, the OSSA™ includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Learning About CIA
  

• The SOB Triad
  

• Network 101
  

• Security Policy Overview
  

• Defending Your Turf: This LANd is Mine
  

• Building A Secure Enterprise Network
  

• Defensive Tools & System Lockdown
  

• The 5E Attacker Methodology: Attacker Methods & Exploits
  

• Wireless Insecurity
  

• Incident Response
  

• System Forensics and Investigation
  

• The Impact of Law
  

This course is extremely heavy on practical coursework and certification is awarded on the basis of a practical, lab-based certification exam, which is held on the last day of the course. The challenging practical exam can also be taken separately without attending the training.


The importance of a lab-based certification examination cannot be overstated!


Only a practical lab-based examination, where the attendee must apply the methodology learnt during training and use various tools to perform actual actions and commands to obtain the result, can help employers verify the true skill and capability of a security professional.


For the benefit of employers and professionals alike, the OSSA™ uses a practical hands-on certification exam which stops pretenders from bluffing or guessing their way to certification through simple memory work and cram sessions. The OSSA™'s practical lab-based examination practically validates the skills that course attendees acquire, preserves the long term value of the certification, and protects the investment made by attendees and their companies in getting certified.








Who Can Benefit From This Programme:

IT Professionals who will benefit from this programme include the following:

• Network Designers
  

• IT Project Managers
  

• Network Administrators
  

• System Administrators
  

• System Analysts
  

• Application Designers
  

• Application Specialists
  

• IT Managers
  

• IT Engineers