Ovation® Security for 2.4 and Higher Level Systems (OV360-WIN)

Duration
Five Days

Scheduled Dates

• January 21-25, 2008
• April 21-25, 2008
• June 16-20, 2008
• November 17-21, 2008

Prerequisites
This course is designed for students who will administer Ovation® 2.4 or higher level systems. It is recommended that students attend OV230-WIN and have a basic understanding of Ovation system configuration and security concepts prior to attending this course. No prior knowledge of Windows-based security is required.

Description
This course will guide students in the proper planning and installation of security for Ovation 2.4 and higher level systems. Students will discuss and come to understand Ovation external and internal security concerns, and learn to apply appropriate safeguards. Students will install and configure Ovation-compatible Windows Server 2003 Domain Controllers, Windows XP service packs, and Windows security patches. Students will configure Ovation security using the Ovation Security Manager and have a basic understanding of Windows group policy objects.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, using the reference material provided, the student will be able to:

1. Identify and explain Ovation-specific internal and external security threats
2. Plan and implement Ovation 2.4 or higher software installation including Windows 2003 Server, Windows service packs, and Windows security patches
3. Describe the function of the Ovation Security Manager
4. Create and manage user accounts, computer accounts, Ovation roles and group policies
5. Create and manage Ovation point security groups
6. Manage and understand domain policies
7. Create and manage Ovation domain administrators
8. Design and implement a specific Ovation security configuration
9. Explore the Windows group policy objects

Course Components

Module 1

• Define security versus survivability
• Understand a layered approach to security
• Understand what is required to protect your information assets
• Define administrative responsibilities

Module 2

• Define external security
• Define external security threats to the Ovation system
• Determine and understand solutions to external security threats to the Ovation system
• Define internal security
• Define internal security threats to the Ovation system
• Determine and understand solutions to internal security threats to the Ovation system

Module 3

• Define the difference between shares and NTFS permissions
• Understand important rules for permissions
• Define, create, edit and delete shares
• Assign group or user permission to objects
• Enable and use auditing
• Understand the function of inheritance
• Determine the effective permissions for a given object

Module 4

• Access the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory            
• Define the components of the Active Directory
• Understand the function of containers and Organizational Units (OUs)
• Setup group policy objects in the Active Directory

Module 5

• Add and remove Ovation point security groups
• Add and remove Ovation roles
• Edit Ovation engineering rules in defined roles
• Edit Ovation operator rules in defined roles
• Add point groups to a role

Module 6

• Define group policies
• Create or edit a group policy
• Duplicate a group policy
• Rename a group policy
• Delete a group policy

Module 7

• Define user accounts
• Create or edit a user account
• Delete, disable or enable a user account
• Reset a user’s password

Module 8

• Define computer accounts
• Create or edit a computer account
• Delete, disable or enable a computer account
• Create a network
• Delete a network account

Module 9

• Define domain policies
• Configure domain policies

Module 10

• Define domain administrators
• Assign administrative control
• Remove administrative control

Module 11

• Back-up the domain controller
• Restore the domain controller
• Manually back-up the database software server
• Back-up the database software server using the Ovation backup/restore tool

Module 12

• Plan the Ovation software installation
• Install Windows 2003 Server
• Promote a Windows 2003 Server to a domain controller
• Install and license a terminal server
• Add a computer to the domain

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