HKNOG 14.0 – Network Security Workshop

Synopsis and Target Audience

This three-day face-to-face technical workshop cordially invites network managers and operators, engineers and policy makers who are interested in network security and want to gain an understanding of security operations. The objective of this workshop is to examine key concepts, protocols, policies, and practices to protect data and assets from potential attacks or abuse. This workshop will cover network infrastructure security with a focus on establishing robust, stable networks with secure routing. This workshop will also discuss security operations and examine common real-world security incidents/breaches, countermeasures and mitigation tools.

Course Outline

• Network Security Fundamentals
• Security in Different Layers and Attack Mitigation
• Cryptography and PKI
• Device & Infrastructure Security
• Operational Security and Policies
• VPN and IPsec
• DNSSEC
• Route Filtering
• DDoS Attacks and Countermeasures
• BGP Route Hijack, Leak Detection & Prevention
• Secure Internet Routing

Other Requirements

Participants are advised to bring their own laptops with Wi-Fi internet access and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that computers should have Intel i5 or i7 processor, ≥8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space, plus with SSH Client and Telnet Client (PuTTY) installed.

Participants must have an APNIC Academy login account which can be created for free at https://academy.apnic.net/

Participants should confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure. To test SSH connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example, from the CLI type: ssh rviews@route-views.routeviews.org

Participants are recommended to complete the below APNIC Academy resources ahead of the workshop:

• Linux Virtual Lab
• Cybersecurity Fundamentals
• Routing Basics
• Network Security Fundamentals

Notes

• Due to capacity constraints, enrollment is limited to a specific number of participants
• Attendance will be taken during each course unit. Participants who are present for at least 75% of the program duration will be awarded a Certificate of Participation