ITSY 2301 - Firewalls and Network Security

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 2 Lab: 3
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.
Prerequisite: College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing, ITSC 1307 and ITSC 2337
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Demonstrate system security skills through firewall implementation and testing. 2 - Use system tools, practices, and relevant technologies to implement a security plan. 3 - Evaluate practices, tools, and technologies to identify security breaches, sources of attacks, and protect mission critical systems 4 - Establish an appropriate level of security based on an analysis of security logs. 5 - Use relevant tools to secure a network, respond to and follow up on various types of attacks