Network and Internet Security
95-758
Units: 12
Description
This course emphasizes practical employment of network security. Topics in this course will provide:
- A working knowledge of the need to design networks to—
- properly support an organization,
- properly accommodate networking protocols, and
properly secure an organization’s cyber assets through its network infrastructure
Learning Outcomes
Specific topics covered include:
- Application of security principles to computer networking
- The OSI and TCP/IP models of network communication
- Network security at different layers of the OSI and TCP/IP models
- Enterprise systems for AAA
- Securing Virtual Machine and cloud-based IT infrastructures
- Designing networks on selected protocols to support business operations while maintaining identified levels of network security
- Supporting secondary network connectivity (wireless, VPNs, BYOD devices, partner networks, cross-domain and other connectivity types)
- Designing networks to support Resiliency Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and other principles to avoid network failures that negatively impact the organization’s ability to deliver on its core mission
- Methods to prevent, detect and respond to security breaches, including the role of Incident Response Teams.
Prerequisites Description
Required: successful completion of Introduction to Information Security Management (95-752) or equivalent experience in industry.