System and Network Security Workshop - bdNOG14

Date: 27 Jun - 1 Jul 2022
Location: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Venue: T.B.A

Synopsis

• Security is a broad topic that affects many aspects relating to end-users, applications, and infrastructure. The objective of this workshop is to examine key concepts, protocols, policies, and practices to protect data and assets from potential attacks or abuse. This workshop will cover network infrastructure security with a focus on establishing robust, stable networks with secure routing. This workshop also focuses on security operations and frameworks, while also examining common security incidents/breaches and discuss countermeasures and mitigation tools.

Target Audience

• This course is targeted to network managers and operators, engineers and policy makers who are 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.

Pre-requisites

It is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of:

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

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

• Routing Fundamentals: https://academy.apnic.net/en/course/routing-fundamentals-course
• Linux Virtual Lab: https://academy.apnic.net/en/virtual-labs?labId=87395

Tutorial topics

• Network Security Overview
• Packet Analysis
• Infrastructure Security
• Routing Security & RPKI

Other requirements

• 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 rviews@route-views.routeviews.org
• 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/

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• Trainers: Suman Saha (ADN Telecom Ltd), Shaila Sharmin (BRAC Bank Ltd), Swapneel Patnekar (APNIC Community Trainer)