Network CyberSecurity
Overview
- Network Security
- NSM Test
- NSM Data
- NSM Drawbacks
- Collecting Network Traffic: Access, Storage and management
- NSM Platforms
- Security Onion
- Stand alone Server plus sensors
- SO Code
- Distributed Deployment
- SO Platform Housekeeping
- Command line Analyzing Tools: Tcpdump, Dumpcap, tshark and Argus
- Graphical Packet Analyzer: Wireshark, Xplico and NetworkMiner
- NSM Consoles: Squil, Squert, Snorby and ELSA
- Server-side Compromise
- Client-side Compromise
- Extending SO
- Proxies and Checksums
The methods of instruction for this course will include lectures, seminars, demonstrations, and hands-on assignments/projects.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
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Lab Assignments |
20-30% |
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Quizzes |
15-20% |
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Midterm Exam * |
25-30% |
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Final Exam * |
25-30% |
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TOTAL |
100% |
* Practical hands-on computer exam
In order to pass the course, students must, in addition to receiving an overall course grade of 50%, also achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined weighted examination components (including quizzes, tests, exams).
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
- Describe major security issues on a network.
- Design a secure network configuration, including placement of network devices.
- Manipulate the configuration files related to the setup and initialization of networking components.
- Configure and test cross-platform networking applications.
- Monitor network traffic using tools such as tcpdump and other packet sniffers.
- Analyze network traffic to identify compromises in security.
- Write scripts to automate network modelling and analysis tasks.
Course Materials to be provided by the instructor and/or approved textbooks from the department.
Requisites
Prerequisites
Minimum grade of C in CSIS 3560
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for CSIS 4470 |
|---|---|
| Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX CPSC 2XX (3) |
| Athabasca University (AU) | No credit |
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN CPSC 1XX (3) |
| College of New Caledonia (CNC) | CNC CSC 2XX (3) |
| Emily Carr University of Art & Design (EC) | No credit |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
| Northern Lights College (NLC) | NLC ITEC 2XX (3) |
| Okanagan College (OC) | No credit |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | No credit |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU COMP 3XXX (3) |
| University Canada West (UCW) | UCW CPSC 3XX (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC CPSC 3XX (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV COMP 4XX (3) |
Course Offerings
Winter 2025
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
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CRN
16977
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Tue | Instructor last name
Ahmadi Abkenari
Instructor first name
Parissa
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Course status
Open
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CSIS 4470 001 - Restricted to PBD Computer & Info Systems (Cybersecurity) until November 25, 2024, at 9:00 am. If you have any questions, please contact Ivan Wong at wongi5@douglascollege.ca