1. McGraw-Hill/Irwin The I-Series © 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows XP Security Chapter 9 - Objectives

2. The I-Series © 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Objectives Learn security considerations dealing with having too much security versus too little Understand what security is and why it is important to any organization Learn the importance of security planning and some strategies of how to prepare a plan Learn what some of the potential security threats are and a profile of how an actual attack takes place

3. The I-Series © 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Objectives Learn about the Windows XP security model and the improvements that have been made over previous versions of Windows Study passwords, what they accomplish, and what the best practices are to manage them Learn what a user is and why this designation is so important to security in Windows Learn about groups and the different types of groups

4. The I-Series © 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Objectives Study permissions and how they interact with one another Learn about the three major types of authentication used in Windows: key encryption, Kerberos, and certificates Learn what a firewall is and what the functions and features are