Network Security

Catalog description

Introduces students to network communication security. Covers network packet sniffing and spoofing, network attack and defense from different network layers. Examines network attacks such as ARP spoofing, ICMP redirection, Man-in-the-Middle attack, TCP FYN flooding, TCP session hijacking, DNS cache poisoning, Heartbleed attack against SSL/TLS, reverse SSH tunnel as well as their countermeasures and defense. Zero trust network and modern network intrusion detection will also be introduced. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted to students in the Cybersecurity major. Prerequisite(s): CYBR 210 . Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): CYBR 310 .