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Exam 70-220:

Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network

Published:July 20, 2000
Language(s):English
Audience(s):IT Professionals
Technology:Microsoft Windows 2000
Type:Proctored Exam
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam operate in medium-sized to very large computing environments that use the Windows 2000 network operating system. They have a minimum of one year of experience implementing and administering network operating systems in environments that have the following characteristics:
  • Supported users range from 200 to more than 26,000.
  • Physical locations range from 5 to more than 150.
  • Typical network services and applications include file and print, database, messaging, proxy server or firewall, dial-in server, desktop management, and Web hosting.
  • Connectivity needs include connecting individual offices and users at remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet.
Credit Toward CertificationWhen you pass Exam 70-220: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network, you complete the requirements for the following certification(s):Exam 70-220: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network: counts as credit toward the following certification(s):
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Skills Being MeasuredThis exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.
Analyzing Business Requirements
  • Analyze the existing and planned business models.
    • Analyze the company model and the geographical scope. Models include regional, national, international, subsidiary, and branch offices.
    • Analyze company processes. Processes include information flow, communication flow, service and product life cycles, and decision-making.
  • Analyze the existing and planned organizational structures. Considerations include management model; company organization; vendor, partner, and customer relationships; and acquisition plans.
  • Analyze factors that influence company strategies.
    • Identify company priorities.
    • Identify the projected growth and growth strategy.
    • Identify relevant laws and regulations.
    • Identify the company's tolerance for risk.
    • Identify the total cost of operations.
  • Analyze business and security requirements for the end user.
  • Analyze the structure of IT management. Considerations include type of administration, such as centralized or decentralized; funding model; outsourcing; decision-making process; and change-management process.
  • Analyze the current physical model and information security model.
    • Analyze internal and external security risks.
Analyzing Technical Requirements
  • Evaluate the company's existing and planned technical environment.
    • Analyze company size and user and resource distribution.
    • Assess the available connectivity between the geographic location of work sites and remote sites.
    • Assess the net available bandwidth.
    • Analyze performance requirements.
    • Analyze the method of accessing data and systems.
    • Analyze network roles and responsibilities. Roles include administrative, user, service, resource ownership, and application.
  • Analyze the impact of the security design on the existing and planned technical environment.
    • Assess existing systems and applications.
    • Identify existing and planned upgrades and rollouts.
    • Analyze technical support structure.
    • Analyze existing and planned network and systems management.
Analyzing Security Requirements
  • Design a security baseline for a Windows 2000 network that includes domain controllers, operations masters, application servers, file and print servers, RAS servers, desktop computers, portable computers, and kiosks.
  • Identify the required level of security for each resource. Resources include printers, files, shares, Internet access, and dial-in access.
Designing a Windows 2000 Security Solution
  • Design an audit policy.
  • Design a delegation of authority strategy.
  • Design the placement and inheritance of security policies for sites, domains, and organizational units.
  • Design an Encrypting File System strategy.
  • Design an authentication strategy.
    • Select authentication methods. Methods include certificate-based authentication, Kerberos authentication, clear-text passwords, digest authentication, smart cards, NTLM, RADIUS, and SSL.
    • Design an authentication strategy for integration with other systems.
  • Design a security group strategy.
  • Design a Public Key Infrastructure.
    • Design Certificate Authority (CA) hierarchies.
    • Identify certificate server roles.
    • Manage certificates.
    • Integrate with third-party CAs.
    • Map certificates.
  • Design Windows 2000 network services security.
    • Design Windows 2000 DNS security.
    • Design Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services (RIS) security.
    • Design Windows 2000 SNMP security.
    • Design Windows 2000 Terminal Services security.
Designing a Security Solution for Access Between Networks
  • Provide security-enhanced access to public networks from a private network.
  • Provide external users with security-enhanced access to private network resources.
  • Provide security-enhanced access between private networks.
    • Provide security-enhanced access within a LAN.
    • Provide security-enhanced access within a WAN.
    • Provide security-enhanced access across a public network.
  • Design Windows 2000 security for remote-access users.
Designing Security for Communication Channels
  • Design an SMB-signing solution.
  • Design an IPSec solution.
    • Design an IPSec encryption scheme.
    • Design an IPSec management strategy.
    • Design negotiation policies.
    • Design security policies.
    • Design IP filters.
    • Define security levels.
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