CSN08102

Level 8 equivalent networking-related module or module in software development.

The aim of the module is to develop a deep understanding of network security and cryptography, that will allow graduates to act professionally in the design, analysis, implementation, and reporting related to network security. An outline of the main areas includes:

- Network Architectures and Network Device Configuration. Robust, scalable and secure architectures. Firewalls/IDS/IPS/Log/DMZ Configuration. Hosts and services within a network architecture.
- Security Data Analysis, Processing and Learning: Network Protocols/Forensics. Log analysis. IDS/Snort. Splunk.
- Encryption. Encoding. Secret Codes/Ciphers. Prime Numbers, Weaknesses, Public/private key. Encryption modes. Coverage of standard methods: RSA, AES, and so on.
- Key exchange methods. Diffie-Hellman.
- Hashing methods. Including MD5, SHA-1, and so on. Adding Salt. Collisions, One-time passwords. Cracking methods (Brute force, rainbow methods, parallel processing).
- Authentication methods. Authentication methods, Digital Certificates.

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

LO1: Understand the operation and implementation of cryptographic methods, related to traditional ciphers, symmetric key encryption, hashing methods and public-key encryption.

LO2: Understand the operation of key networking protocols and how they can be used to find and detect intrusions.

LO3: Review current literature on intrusion detection systems, and design and analyse a security system based network traffic and system logs.