National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led
Course Description

Security issues pertaining to Internet, intranet, and the Web. Web security from the point of view of the user, programmer, and system administrator. HTTP authentication, proxy servers and firewalls; Internet security protocols and Secure Socket Layer; electronic payment systems; certificate management and network access layer security; executable content and scripting languages; mobile code and copyrights. Privacy protection; legal and ethical issues; anonymous browsing and censorship; available security tools.

Learning Objectives

The students will be able to: 1) Discuss the security goals of Internet security. 2) Describe three major threats and defense mechanisms in Internet. 3) Describe attacks and defense mechanisms in link access, IP, TCP and application layer. 4) Be able to design and launch the packet sniffing, packet spoofing, DDoS attacks, and SQL. 5)injection intrusions under the given lab environments. Also, be able to describe the corresponding defense techniques. 6) Describe three different firewalls and be able to set up the rules of firewall. Describe the structure of PKI and the usage of certificate in the Internet security. 7)Describe the secure electronic payment and legal issues of Internet security.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Network Services

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.