To survey and administer user activity, you must understand the practices and principles that comprise an effective security infrastructure.
This module will explain the elements of security and discuss how to administer and audit activity.

By the end of this module, you will be able to

1. Identify the most important security elements
2. Describe security standards in current use
3. Identify key authentication techniques
4. Understand the need for access control methods
5. Describe the three main encryption methods
6. Describe the application of encryption to security
7. Explain the need for auditing and some auditing basics