NWIT 173 - Network Security

(G only) CE

An examination of security issues involved in the use of wired networks. Tools and techniques used to safeguard private and government enterprise computer organizations are addressed. PREREQUISITE(S): NWIT 151 or NWIT 170 or consent of department. Three hours each week. Formerly NW 173.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

Describe attacks and malicious code, IP fragmentation attacks, spoofing, man in the middle and TCP session hijacking.
Describe authentication and explain password issues, Kerberos assumptions, challenge handshake authentication protocol, security tokens and biometrics.
Describe directory and file transfer services, LDAP security issues and vulnerabilities.
Describe remote access, IEEE 802.1x, telnet, virtual private networks and telecommunication vulnerabilities.
Describe securing E-mail and encryption, e-mail vulnerabilities and differences between PGP and S/MIME.
Describe security ramifications, technology weaknesses, configuration weaknesses, policy weaknesses and human errors.
Describe security threats, integrity, confidentiality and availability in security information.
Describe Web security, SSL and TLS, HTTPS vulnerabilities, JavaScript, activex and buffer overflows.
Describe wireless and instant messaging, applet soup of 802.11, 80211a, all the way till 802.11j.
Identify firewalls, drafting a security policy, designing the firewall to implement the policy, how routers and switches work in wireless and network security.

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