Network Security

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Program Description:

River Valley Community College, in association with Program Development in Cybersecurity with Focus on Business and Healthcare Concepts, has developed a 4-semester program to prepare students to working the Information Assurance (IA) field with a focus on Cybersecurity and Healthcare IT. Courses are intended to prepare students for assuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of IT systems and networks in healthcare settings, where scheduling, storage of images, filling prescriptions, billing and more are handled and stored using information technology.

Course Description:

This Course from River Valley Community College center focuses on network security and asks students to consider network communications from a security standpoint. It also offers a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to take the CompTIA Security+ SY0-301 Certification Exam. Upon completion of the course, student will have an understanding of 1) Network defense fundamentals, 2) Advanced Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), 3) Routers and access control lists, 4) Designing firewalls, 5) Configuring firewalls, 6) Implementing IPSec and VPNs, 7) Designing an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), 8) Configuring an IDS, 9) Securing wireless networks, 10) Analyzing packet signatures, and 11) Transmission and TEMPEST security.

Resources available as part of this course include a course outline and a syllabus from the Fall 2014 iteration of the course.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with CYBS 120R Network Security March 2012.pdf, which offers a description of the course as well as an overview of topics covered through a course outline.

Course Contents:

The 4-page Course Outline document includes a course description, course competencies, course topics outline, learning and instructional methods for the course, and performance evaluation information.

The 3-page syllabus document includes course objectives, overview of course structure and policies, and information on assessment and grading of the course.

Below is a list of the files attached. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Network Security (2 files)