Network Security

The course covers the protection of networked systems and communication. It treats threats, attacks and vulnerability assessment, symmetric and public key cryptography, authentication and key management, secure protocols at transport and network layers, firewalls, intrusion detection, virtual private networks, wireless and application security, and security policy and incident response. Learning outcomes: Analyse a network for vulnerabilities and rank the resulting risks. Apply cryptographic and authentication mechanisms to secure a communication service. Design layered defences and an incident response procedure for an organisation.