Backhaul Security

  • Course:Backhaul Security
  • Course ID:BHAUL-SEC Duration:1 day Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

Security Introduction

    A high level overview of the topic and the briefing.

 

Security and Privacy

  • Layer 1 Issues
    • Physical Security
      • POP/CO
      • CoLo
      • Racks / Equipment
      • Power / HVAC
    • Eavesdropping / Signals Intelligence
      • Metallic
      • Fiber
      • Wireless / RF
      • Wireless / Optical
  • Layer 2 Issues
    • Data Link Level Security
    • Client Tunnels
    • Carrier / Service Provider Tunnels
    • Layer 2 Security Mechanism Review
  • Higher Layer and Application Layer Security
  • Encryption
      • Layer 1 (Bulk Encryption)
      • Layer 2
      • Higher Layer
      • Issues
        • Performance
        • Troubleshooting

 

Top Threats to Mobile Backhaul

  • Threat #1: Physical Service Interruption, HVAC, Power, EMP/HERF
  • Threat #2: Denial of Service (DoS)
  • Threat #3: Eavesdropping / Wireshark / Sniffers
  • Threat #4: Insider Threat
  • Threat #7: Unknown Risk Profile

 

Security Review and Summary

    A review of the briefing topics and summary of the program.

Course Overview

Course in a Nutshell

Security and integrity of information from sender to receiver across a network and all of its various components is a complex subject. This course focuses on mitigating vulnerabilities in the physical mobile wireless system as well as the Layer 2 component as L2 frames and their contents travel across the mobile wireless backhaul.

 

Customize It!

This briefing can be scheduled as a one-day standalone course or part of a larger curriculum. Any single module or selected modules may also be scheduled for web delivery. The course can be optionally taught as a hands-on workshop at no added cost.

 

Learn How To

  • Identify the dependencies of L1 and L2 mobile backhaul security mechanisms and higher layer security mechanisms
  • Assure security of information while it is in the mobile backhaul portion of the connection
  • Verify that the mobile backhaul portion of the end-to-end connection is not the weak link in overall information security.
Audience / Prerequisites

Aimed At

Persons responsible for the security of mobile wireless backhaul will find the greatest value in this course.

 

Prerequisites

Prior experience in network security and information assurance is a pre-requisite.