FZA3031 Network security

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Describe OSI security architecture and apply common security standards and protocols for network security applications e.g. electronic mail, IP, web and network management;

2. 2

   Critically assess threats, vulnerabilities and risks to an organisations information assets and propose control technologies and techniques which can be applied to reduce the security risk;

3. 3

   Apply cryptographic techniques to develop methods to disguise information to ensure its integrity, confidentiality and authenticity;

4. 4

   Describe the ethical, legal and criminal issues relating to the security of information and computer networks both Wired and Wireless;

5. 5

   Implement cryptographic algorithms and security protocols to provide security over networks and the Internet using Virtual Private Networks;

6. 6

   Design system security against intruders and malicious software;

7. 7

   Apply security configurations to computer and network based applications.

8. 8

   Describe and apply firewall configurations to protect networks.

9. 9

   Implement network management protocols and security requirements.