Information Security Tutorial - Macau

Dates: 30 Aug 2022
Location: University of Macau

Target Audience

• This course is targeted to anyone interested in network security and want to gain an understanding of security operations. The topics covered range from basic to intermediate level that aims to educate and challenge participants.

Synopsis

• Security is a broad topic that affects many aspects relating to end-users, applications, and infrastructure. The objective of this tutorial is to examine the key concepts, protocols, policies, and practices to protect data and assets from potential attacks or abuse. This tutorial will also examine common security incidents/breaches and discuss countermeasures and mitigation tools.

Pre-requisites It is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of:

• network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP.
• Basic Linux command line (CLI) skills.

We recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the workshop:

• Network security fundamentals: https://academy.apnic.net/en/webinar-courses/network-security-fundamentals/
• Introduction to Cybersecurity: https://academy.apnic.net/en/course/introduction-to-cybersecurity/

Other requirements

• Online - Participants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that computers have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
• Face to face - Participants are advised to bring their own laptop computers with high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11a/g/n/ac) and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that laptops have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
• Software: SSH Client, Telnet Client, VirtualBox/VMware
• Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure? Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example from the CLI type: ssh [email protected]
• Attendees must have an APNIC Academy login account. If you don't have one already, you can create an account for free at https://academy.apnic.net/
• Please test the speed of your Internet connection to the servers where the Virtual Machines (VMs) are hosted at the Learn on Demand data centres, using the speed test tool at https://www.learnondemandsystems.com/speedtest/

Course Outline

• Security Fundamentals
• Operational Security
• DDoS Attacks and Countermeasures

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• Trainers: Warren Finch (APNIC)