nCipher
CLICO provides technical training for nCipher Internet security products. NCipher products allow for perfect protection of cryptographic keys and critical elements of e-business applications.
nCipher Certified Systems Engineer (nCSE)
Duration: 2 days
The training is designed to review nCipher key management and acceleration server hardware.
After completing the course participants will be able to:
- install and configure nCipher software,
- install and configure nShield Solo or nShield Connect devices,
- create security world in accordance with the company's security policy,
- configure devices for high availability and load balancing,
- use diagnostic tools.
Training agenda:
- Introduction to HSM
- why we use HSM
- nCipher HSMs
- how HSM works
- Introduction to Security World
- what is Security World
- how keys are stored, used and protected within Security World
- administration and operator cards
- Installing software
- three different software versions
- installation process on all supported platforms
- default location of various essential files
- Configuration of nShield Connect
- role of Remote File System (RFS)
- what is nToken
- the difference between a privileged and a non-privileged customer
- how to configure nShield Connect
- Creating a security world
- possible security world configurations
- how to create or import a security world on nShield Solo
- how to create or import a security world on nShield Connect
- Emergency situations and load balancing
- how to restore the system operation after an emergency
- how to configure load balancing in PKCS # 11
- Management
- how to update firmware in nShield Solo and Connect
- how to update nCipher software
- Optional functionality
- which gives the Remote Operator option
- CodeSafe
- KeySafe
- how to use the KeySafe interface
- Practical session
- exercises according to different scenarios
- Exam