Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP)
This official Certified Wireless Security Professional , or CWSP, training class covers the Security aspects of Wireless Networking.
In this class, students are taught about the various forms of security technologies, management protocols, and monitoring systems. Demonstrating the latest enterprise wireless LAN security and auditing equipment, students will learn about state-of-the-art WLAN intrusion and DoS tools and techniques. Students will also investigate the functionality of the 802.11i amendment through to the 802.11 standard and the inner-workings of each EAP type used with wireless LANs, along with the classes and types of WLAN security solutions that are available – from wireless intrusion prevention systems to wireless network management systems.
Retail Price: $2,995.00
Next Date: 04/20/2026
Course Days: 4
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Course Objectives:
- WLAN security technology and solutions
- WLAN security policy, concerns, and auditing practices
- Layer vulnerabilities and analysis
- WLAN mobile endpoint security solutions
- WPA/WPA2 Personal and Enterprise configurations
- WLAN management and monitoring
- IEEE 802.11 Authentication and Key Management (AKM)
Prerequisites:
Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA)
Outline:
Module 1 – Security Fundamentals
- Security Basics
- CWNA Security Review
- Industry Organizations
- Terminology
- Wireless Vulnerabilities
Module 2 – Wireless Security Challenges
- Network Discovery
- Pseudo-Security
- Legacy Security Mechanisms
- Network Attacks
- Recommended Practices
Module 3 – Security Policy
- Defining Security Policies
- Policy Enforcement
- Policy Management
- Policy Types
Module 4 – Understanding Authentication
- Passphrase Authentication
- AAA
- RBAC
- RADIUS
- 802.1X
- EAP
Module 5 – Authentication and Key Management
- Robust Security Networks (RSN)
- RSN Information Element
- RSN Authentication and Key Management (AKM)
Module 6 – Encryption
- Encryption Fundamentals
- Encryption Algorithms
- WEP
- TKIP
- CCMP
Module 7 – Security Design Scenarios
- Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
- Remote Networking
- Guest Access Networks
Module 8 – Secure Roaming
- Roaming Basics and Terminology
- Preauthentication
- PMK Caching
- Opportunistic Key Caching (OKC)
- 802.11r FT
- Proprietary Roaming
- Voice Enterprise
Module 9 – Network Monitoring
- Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (WIPS)
- WIPS Deployment Models
- WIPS Policy
- Threat Mitigation
- Location Services
- WNMS
- Protocol Analysis
- Spectrum Analysis
