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Course details
This course covers advanced topics in network security and intrusion detection. In-depth coverage of perimeter protection and firewall designs. Advanced Intrusion Detection and IDS/IPS design and implementation. Students will be familiarized with network monitoring and security tools, and use them to perform traffic and IDS signature analysis, and network forensics. Also covered will be reverse engineering and machine code analysis techniques. These will be used to analyze malicious code and malware.
Prerequisite(s)
- 60% in FSCT 8540
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- • Explain the computer security strategies.
- • Describe common network-based attacks and network protection technologies.
- • Describe the TCP/IP protocol suite.
- • Implement different firewall technologies according to their respective usages.
- • Implement an adequate perimeter defence strategy based on security principles and best practices.
- • Implement IDS systems as part of the network defence structure.
- • Reverse engineer machine code and detect and analyze malware.
Effective as of Winter 2024
Related Programs
Network Security 2 (FSCT 8560) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Computing and Academic Studies
- Forensic Investigation (Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Forensic Investigation (Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Option)
Bachelor of Technology Full-time/Part-time
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