Network Security

Catalog description

A study of modern network security issues. Topics covered include: attack types (network and host), network security hardware, intrusion detection systems (network and host based), authentication, authorization, auditing, secure network communications (including encryption, hashing and Secure Sockets Layer), digital certificates and wireless security. Weekly exercises serve to reinforce the concepts learned. These exercises are performed in a virtual environment that the students create. Exercises include cracking passwords, Man in the Middle attacks on their virtual network, firewall setup along with penetration testing and log file examination.