At the end of the course, students will be able to explain common attacks against network assets; explain how to use cryptography choose an appropriate encryption method; implement security-enhanced computing baselines; help protect information by using authentication and access control; deploy and manage certificates; help protect transmission of data by identifying threats to network devices and implementing security for common data transmission, remote access, and wireless network traffic; help protect Web servers against common attacks and configure security for Web browsers; help protect e-mail messages and instant messaging from common security threats; identify common security threats and vulnerabilities to directory services and DNS, and then protect them; identify network perimeter threats; identify types of security policies and ensure compliance by users; preserve business continuity by implementing a security-enhanced disaster recovery strategy and performing secure backup and recovery; identify, respond to, and assist in the formal investigation of security incidents.