NETWORK SECURITY II

Catalog description

Three credit -hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Introduces advanced concepts of network security with an emphasis on hashing functions and algorithms and their applications to network security. Topics to be covered include message authentication, digital signatures, Kerberos, electronic mail security, pretty good privacy, s/mime, ip security (IPSEC), secure socket layer (SSL), transport layer security (TLS), wireless security (WEP, WPA, WPA2), intrusion detection systems (IDS), intrusion prevention sys tems (IPS) and firewalls. Students will hone their analytical skills to ensure data privacy and communication security. In addition, students will consider ethical situations in the context of data security.