General Information

Course Duration
4 hours

Audience
System administrators, technical managers, and Internet security professionals

Prerequisites
The course Internet Security: An Overview; familiarity with the Internet, intranets, and client/server systems; knowledge of DOS/Windows file structures would be an advantage

Topics Covered

• What is a virus?
• Disk, program, and file structures
• Types of virus

• Techniques of antivirus programs
• Antivirus policies and procedures
• A multi-tier strategy

• The WWW and e-mail threat
• Java applets
• ActiveX, code signing, and Authenticode

Course Aim

To explain viruses and hostile applets, and how to minimize their threat in networked systems

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the student should be able to

• state what a virus is
  
  
• distinguish between viruses and destructive nonvirus programs
  
  
• understand the threat posed by hostile Java and ActiveX applets on the Internet
  
  
• discuss the virus varieties and their prevalence
  
  
• identify antivirus techniques
  
  
• outline the role of a multi-tiered defence against attack from viruses
  
  
• implement an effective set of anti-virus policies and procedures