Course provides instruction to Identify elements of firewall design, types of security threats and responses to security attacks. Use Best Practices to design, implement, and monitor a network security plan. Examine security incident postmortem reporting and ongoing network security activities.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to Demonstrate system security skills through software and hardware firewall implementation and testing; use system tools, practices, and technologies to implement a security plan; evaluate practices, tools, and technologies to identify security breaches, sources of attacks, and protect mission critical systems; establish levels of security based on an analysis of security logs; and use relevant tools to identify network vulnerabilities, and respond/mitigate to various types of attacks.
Framework Connections
Specialty Areas
- Cyber Defense Analysis
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Administration
- Systems Requirements Planning
- Vulnerability Assessment and Management
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