Course Outlines

FSCT 8540 Network Security 1

School	School of Computing and Academic Studies
Program	Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity Option
Course Credits	3
Minimum Passing Grade	60%
Start Date	January 05, 2021
End Date	March 30, 2021
Total Hours	45
Total Weeks	14
Hours/Weeks	3.21
Delivery Type	Lecture/Lab
Pre-requisites	FSCT 7511
CRN	47564

Acknowledgement of Territories

The British Columbia Institute of Technology acknowledges that our campuses are located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Nations of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam).

Instructor Details

Name	Bogdan Pirvoaica
E-mail	Instructor to provide
Location	Online
Office Hours	Instructor to provide

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of network administration, with particular emphasis on network security monitoring. Students will learn fundamental concept related to the design of secure networks, including the deployment of security devices and sensors. Students will get hands-on experience in network traffic analysis, using packet sniffers and other network monitoring tools. Intrusion detection, attacks and defenses will be introduced to prepare students for more advanced courses in network security administration.

Course Learning Outcomes/Competencies

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Outline major security issues on a network
• Design a secure network configuration, including placement of network devices
• Manipulate the configuration files related to the setup and initialization of networking components
• Configure and test cross-platform networking applications
• Monitor network traffic using tools such as tcpdump and other packet sniffers
• Analyze network traffic to identify compromises in security
• Write scripts to automate network modelling and analysis tasks

Learning Resources

The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response

Richard Bejtlich

Publisher: O’Reilly; 2013.

Course Goals

Describe major security issues on a network.

Design a secure network configuration, including placement of network devices

Manipulate the configuration files related to the setup and initialization of networking components

Configure and test cross-platform networking applications

Monitor network traffic using tools such as tcpdump and other packet sniffers

Analyze network traffic to identify compromises in security

Write scripts to automate network modelling and analysis tasks

Evaluation Criteria

Criteria	%	Comments
Lab Assignments	25
Quizzes	20
Midterm	25
Final	30
Total	100

Attendance Requirements

In case of illness or other unavoidable cause of absence, the student must communicate as soon as possible with his/her instructor or Program Head or Chief Instructor, indicating the reason for the absence.

Prolonged illness of three or more consecutive days must have a BCIT medical certificate sent to the department. Excessive absence may result in failure or immediate withdrawal from the course or program

Course topics

Week of/ Number	Outcome/Material Covered
1	Basic network design TCP/IP review
2	Placement of security devices in network
3	Distributed deployment of network sensors
4	Command line packet analysis
5	Graphical packet analysis tools
6	Midterm exam
7	Network security monitoring consoles
8	Network security monitoring operations
9	Server-side compromise detection
10	Client-side compromise detection
11	Using Zeek (Bro) to track executables and extract binaries
12	Zeek (Bro) scripting
13	Final Exam

BCIT Policy

Any student who needs special assistance in the event of a medical emergency or building evacuation (either because of a disability or for any other reason) should promptly inform their course instructor(s) and Accessibility Services of their personal circumstances.

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Guidelines for School of Computing and Academic Studies

Attempts:
Students must successfully complete a course within a maximum of three (3) attempts at the course. Students with two attempts in a single course will be allowed to repeat the course only upon special written permission from the Associate Dean. Students who have not successfully completed a course within three attempts will not be eligible to graduate from their respective program.

Approved

I verify that the content of this course outline is current.
Bogdan Pirvoaica, Instructor
December 20, 2020

I verify that this course outline has been reviewed.
David McKay, FSA PTS Administration-122120
December 21, 2020

I verify that this course outline has been reviewed and complies with BCIT policy.
Jennifer Talman, Associate Dean
December 21, 2020