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UW-Madison Security Training Series

The Office of Campus Information Security (OCIS) has teaming up with DoIT Professional Technical Education (PTE) to sponsor a UW-Madison Security Training Series for campus IT professionals. These are usually short three to four hour courses and most are free to attend. For a current listing of upcoming course please visit the PTE website. 

Firewall Service Administration Online

This class will help prepare you for the ongoing process of managing a UW-Madison firewall context. Participants will have to configure their own lab firewall and verify success. Before registering for this course, please read the knowledgebase article, which describes the process for becoming a firewall context administrator.

Give Your Computer a Security Health Checkup

Bring your computer to this hands-on workshop where workshop leaders will help you determine if your computer is adequately protected from common security threats and check your configurations to ensure that essential security settings are enabled.

Security 101: Information Security Basics

This online course is in Learn@UW, UW Madison's course management system. This self paced course will introduce the student to best practices for the management of electronic sensitive data at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Security 201: Windows Security Fundamentals

This course will consider the basics of securing Windows systems. Topics include general system security, account security, hardening, logging and documentation. Students will receive personalized instruction, with a step-by-step walkthrough of security configuration policies based upon well-defined scope and security principles. Consideration is given to topics that system administrators typically overlook, including physical security, logging, documentation, and using recommended scanning tools.

Security 202: OS X Security Fundamentals

This course will consider the basics of securing Mac OS X systems. Topics include general system security, account security, hardening, logging and documentation. Students will receive personalized instruction, with a step-by-step walkthrough of Mac-specific security configuration policies based upon well-defined scope and security principles. Consideration is given to topics that system administrators typically overlook, including physical security, logging, documentation, and using recommended scanning tools.

Security 203: Linux Security Fundamentals

This course will consider the basics of securing Linux systems, using Ubuntu and referencing the Linux Standards Base for the hands-on activities. Topics include general system security, account security, least-privilege, hardening, logging and documentation. Students will receive personalized instruction, with a step-by-step walkthrough of Linux-specific security configuration policies based upon well-defined scope and security principles. Consideration is given to topics that system administrators typically overlook, including physical security, logging, documentation, and using recommended scanning tools.

To register for any of the above courses, please visit the PTE website.

SANS Partnership Series for EDUs, State & Local Government

SANS offers onsite and distance education courses at a substantial discount to participating institutions. For a current listing of upcoming partnership courses, please see the SANS Partnership website. For those wondering what it means to be a remote participant in a live course SANS has several demos of their vLive platform.