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Preamble

Business @ the speed of thought has moved from a buzzword to a business reality owing to the integration of business and technology. Digital infrastructures and information networks have become central to any business activity. The information residing on these computers, networks and in cloud are an essential asset and due care should be taken for its security. The impact of any loss of this asset or any downtime of the infrastructure is quite high with the proliferation of easy-to-use tools and open how-to-discussions, the number of people aiming to hack in to or bring down the network is high, both in this country and abroad. Hence, there is a need for heightened security measures to protect both infrastructure and data.

Course Objectives

The Course is a six months program aimed at molding candidates to Skilled System/Cloud Engineer with Information Security knowledge to maintain the Systems, Networks and cloud infrastructure in today’s scenario.

Course Outcome

This skill-oriented course provides candidates with information required for configure and administration of OS Server, Cloud Deployment & its Security and equip them with the skills required to protect & recover the computer systems & networks from various security threats in dedicated or cloud environment.

Course Structure

Sl. No	Course Modules	Weeks
1	System and Network Administration	6
2	Cloud Computing with Virtualization	6
3	Advanced Security Management (System, Network & Cloud)	6
4	Project	6

Course Contents

1. System & Network Administration (6 Weeks)

a. Network Protocol Analysis (1 Week)

      i. Introduction to ISO & TCP/IP Stacks

      Ii. DNS/UDP/IP

      iii. TCP/HTTP/HTTPS

      iv. ICMP/ARP/RARP/DHCP

b. Network Management (1 Week)

       i. Cabling

      ii. Addressing

      iii. Managing Basic Switches

      iv. Managing Advanced Switches

      v. Managing Basic Routers

c. Windows Server Administration (1 Week)

     i. Installing Windows Server

     ii. Setting Active Directory

     iii. Managing Active Directory

     iv. Managing User & Group

     v. Active Directory Security & Policy

     vi. Setting File, Web and DHCP Server

d. Linux Server Administration with Shell Scripting (3 Weeks)

     i. Introduction to Linux Fundamentals & Commands

     ii. Advanced Linux Commands

     iii. Regular Expression with Text Processing

     iv. Bash Scripting

2. Cloud Computing with Virtualization (6 Weeks)

a. Virtualization Basics (2 Weeks)

     i. Introduction to Virtualization

     ii. Virtualization Tools

     iii. Xen Virtualization

     iv. KVM Virtualization

b. Cloud Computing with SaaS & PaaS Deployment (2 Weeks)

     i. Introduction to Cloud Computing

     ii. Types of Cloud Services

     iii. Introduction to SaaS Cloud

     iv. SaaS Cloud Deployment with Open Source Tools

     v. Introduction to PaaS Cloud

     vi. PaaS Cloud Server Deployment with OpenShift

c. Advanced Cloud Infrastructure (2 Weeks)

     i. Introduction to IaaS Cloud

     ii. Types of Cloud Deployment with Xen/KVM

     iii. Setting Private Cloud with Eucalyptus

     iv. Setting Private Cloud with Citrix Xen

     v. Public Cloud Deployment

3. Advanced Security Management (System, Network & Cloud) (6 Weeks)

a. Information Security Basics (1 Week)

     i. Access Control

     ii. Cryptography

     iii. Cryptography Algorithm Analysis

     iv. Network Security

b. Advanced Linux Server Configuration with Security (2 Weeks)

     i. Configuring DNS Server

     ii. Securing DNS

     iii. Configuring Web Server with Virtual Hosting

     iv. Securing Web Servers

     v. Configuring MySQL Server with phpMyAdmin

     vi. Configuring Authentication Server

     vii. Configuring Mail Server

     viii. Securing Mail Server

      ix. Configuring File Servers (FTP/SAMBA/NFS)

c. Advanced Security Configuration (2 Weeks)

     i. Proxy with Content Filtering

     ii. Configuring Firewall

     iii. Configuring Wireless with Security

     iv. Configuring IDS/IPS

     v. Honey Pot/Honey Net

     vi. PKI Implementation

d. Security Monitoring & Auditing (1 Week)

     i. System, Network & Cloud Monitoring with Nagios/Zabbix

​     ii. MS-Baseline Security Analyzer

     iii. Nesses/OpenVAS Auditing

     iv. Cloud Security Best Practices

     v. Introduction to ISO 27001 ISMS Audit Standards

4. Project (6 Weeks)

During the 6 weeks project period students are required to Develop/Configure a Cloud/Security Server in any of the areas covered in the course, under the guidance of the faculty. Students can also take up relevant projects from the industry.

Course Fees

Course Fee is 60000 +Service Tax @actuals

Eligibility

ME/MTech, BE/BTech, MCA, MSc/BSc (IT/Computer Science/Electronics) or equivalent of any of these.

Important Dates

Last date to apply online/offline with Registration fee: 24th August 2015

Date of Selection list publication: 25th August 2015

Last date to pay the advance fee ( 10,000/-): 31st August 2015

Counseling/Admission: 7th September 2015

Last date to pay the first installment: 7th September 2015

Commencement of classes: 8th September 2015

Last date to pay the second installment: 28th October 2015