[Security Fundamentals] Basics of host and network security: threats, vulnerabilities and risk, risk assessment, business continuity and disaster recovery, security policies, defence in depth. [Firewalls] Packet filters, stateful firewalls, proxy firewalls. DMZ concept, layout and design. [Auditing and Intrusion Detection] Audit trail features, user profiling, intruder profiling, signature analysis, network IDS, host IDS, distributed IDS, combining firewalls and IDS. [Wireless Security] Wireless standards and technologies: IEEE 802.11, WEP Bluetooth, BlackBerry, wireless applications. Wireless network threats: wireless packet sniffers, transmission alteration and manipulation, denial-of-service attacks. [Designing Secure Networks] Host hardening: anti-virus software, host-centric firewalls and IDS. Installing and managing firewalls and IDS. VPN integration. Creating a security policy. [Assessing Network Security] Assessment techniques, maintaining a security perimeter: system and network monitoring, incident response, accommodating change. Network log analysis, troubleshooting defence components, importance of defence in depth. Design under fire: the hacker approach to attacking networks.