Computer Information Science American River College
Courses

CISS 310: Network Security Fundamentals

Units: 3.00
Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: CISN 119 (TCP/IP Protocols), 140 (CISCO Networking Academy (CCNA)tm: Networking Fundamentals), and 302 (Intermediate Network Systems Administration)
Hours: 45 hours lecture, 27 hours laboratory
Description: This course provides the information and skills required to analyze security risks from potential network intrusions to organizations' network information systems. Topics cover the required content of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) Security+ certification exam.

Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • examine criteria to measure the exposure and risk of internal and external security threats to the network, system infrastructure and resources.
  • examine the tangible and intangible costs of breaches to an organization's security, network resources and proprietary information.
  • analyze the benefits of secure authentication and complex password techniques vs. the costs of administration and system complexity.
  • examine different methods of common network attacks, including the malicious program code and scripts used to initiate these attacks.
  • configure secure remote access to network information and resources utilizing several different methods.
  • implement protective measures and evaluate the adequacy of physical site security relative to risk.
  • configure operating system security and evaluate its effectiveness.
  • compare and contrast different intrusion detection procedures, software programs and methodologies.
Certificates requiring this course: