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Jan 13, 2025
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NET 485 - Advanced Network Security
Course Department: Business
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2022
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course will take a more hands on approach to network security. The students will look at securing network devices, remote access security, security testing and monitoring, and developing security policies and risk assessment. The students will be exposed to various types of network security software. Course will look at specifics for Windows, Linux, and Cisco IOS. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various technology topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the technology and how to apply those concepts in a lab setting, which is a skill that should be beneficial in any/all types of technology careers. This course will also help students gain hands-on technology literacy which will be of vital significance when making important work-related decisions.
Prerequisites: NET 138 - Introduction to Networks , NET 790 - PC Support I
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: Face-to-Face: None; Online: 8-week online students will have a per credit hour e-book fee automatically charged to their account.
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
a. Identify the challenges of securing information with different types of attacks.
b. Define different types of malware and social engineering attacks.
c. Identify the different types of network, server and client-side attacks.
d. Explain how to secure a computer and the data.
e. Explain how network technologies can enhance security.
f. Define different network applications and how they can be secured.
g. Identify different types of wireless attacks and the solutions on how to secure against them.
h. Identity the risks associated with mobile devices and how to secure them.
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