NET 282: Network Defense and Countermeasures
Course Description
Provides students with hands-on experience securing network access. Topics include security policies, firewalls, remote access, virtual private networks, and intrusion detection. Recommended preparation: NET 280 or equivalent experience.
Course Outline
- Network Defense Fundamentals
- Security Policy Designs
- Security Policy Implementation
- Network Traffic Signatures
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) Concepts
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) Implementation
- Intrusion Detection System Concepts
- Intrusion Detection: Incident Response
- Firewall Concepts
- Firewall Topology
- Firewall Configuration
- Strengthening Defense through Ongoing Management
Required Materials
- Guide to Network Defense and Countermeasures, Second Edition – Course Technology – ISBN-10: 1418836796 ISBN-13: 9781418836795
- Internet access and a Harper Blackboard account.
- A pair of computers that can be partitioned, reformatted, etc. As an alternative, you can use a PC with VMWare to create virtual machines for many of the lab exercises. Harper lab I 205 has computers and software that may be configured as necessary for this course.
Faculty Contact
For questions about this course contact the department coordinator:
Dave Braunschweig
dbraunsc@harpercollege.edu
847.925.6817