NETWORK SECURITY

LEVEL-YEAR TWO, SEMESTER TWO

Course Description:

This course familiarizes the students with existing security problems and the techniques that can be applied to overcome them. Focus is given to security of devices and information that is in transit or that is being used in a networked environment.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Identify contemporary threats to network security

2. Examine threats to network security.

3. Describe contemporary solutions to network security (tools and techniques)

Learning Outcomes:

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

1. Explain contemporary solutions to the threats to network security (tools and techniques)

2. Propose solutions for the prevention, identification and mitigation of the threats to network security