NET 289: Security Capstone
Course Description
Provides students with security implementation and troubleshooting skills. Based upon real-life conditions, students will establish a corporate networking environment. The network will then be alternately analyzed and attacked, providing opportunity for students to determine security risks, forensically identify and document security incidents, and provide proper responses to resolve security issues.
Prerequisites: Either NET 281 and NET 282 or NET 283 and NET 284 with grades of C or better.
Course Outline
- Introduction to Information Security
- The Need for Security
- Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Information Security
- Risk Management
- Planning for Security
- Security Technology: Firewalls and VPNs
- Security Technology: Intrusion Detection, Access Control, and Other Security Tools
- Cryptography
- Physical Security
- Implementing Information Security
- Security and Personnel
- Information Security Maintenance
Required Materials
- Principles of Information Security – Course Technology – ISBN-10: 1423901770 ISBN-13: 9781423901778
- Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual, Second Edition – Course Technology – ISBN 0-619-21631-X
- 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.
Course Status
This course is offered by request. Contact the department coordinator for more information.
Faculty Contact
For questions about this course contact the department coordinator:
Dave Braunschweig
dbraunsc@harpercollege.edu
847.925.6817