INFO8500 Instructional Plan W21

Instructional Plan – INFO8500 – Winter 2021
SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK SECURITY 1475
Course Information
Name Network Security II

Code INFO8500, Section 1
Faculty Information
Professor/Instructor Khalid Saood
Email ksaood@conestogac.on.ca
Office Hours By Appointment
Program Specific Notes
Please familiarize yourself with the Program Handbook. The Program Handbook
contains many policies that affect your studies at Conestoga. The program handbook
may be found https://www.conestogac.on.ca/handbook/1475.
Course Specific Notes (Optional Section)
Required Materials
o Open Educational Resources (OER) | Digital Textbooks | Omar Santos, John

Stuppi. CCNA Security 210-260 Official Cert Guide (2015). Cisco Press. ISBN:
9780134077857. (https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/santosccna-sec-210-
260/9780134077857/?)
o Passwords for all Videos is INFO8500
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Evaluation Summary
Tests 2 30%
Portfolio (3) 30%
Project 15%
Final exam (cumulative for the semester) 25%
Total 100%
Course Schedule
January 19 WEEK 1
KEY CONCEPTS
• Firewall traffic forwarding and filtering methods
• Supporting business security requirements with firewall policy
• Simple firewall implementation with access control
• Transparent versus Non-transparent firewalls
REQUIRED PREPARATION
• Read chapter 14 in the textbook
(https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/santosccna-sec-210-
260/9780134077857/ch14.html#ch14/)
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to Introduction to Firewall
policies and traffic filtering on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss standard and extended access control as well
as transparent versus non-transparent firewalls
• Bring Network Cables to class
• Bring Laptop to class
• Begin Portfolio 1
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January 26 WEEK 2
KEY CONCEPTS
• Stateful Packet Filtering (SPI)
• SPI state database
• Stateful packet filtering decisions
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to Stateful Packet
Filtering on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss the differences between stateful and
stateless packet filtering
EVALUATION
• No evaluation this week
February 02 WEEK 3
KEY CONCEPTS
• Network Address Translation techniques
• Static versus overloading address translation
• ASA Security appliances
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to
• Network Address Translation on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss the types of NAT and their application
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EVALUATION
February 09 WEEK 4
KEY CONCEPTS
• Zone based firewalls
• Classes, policy maps and service policies
• Zone pairs and filtering
• Read chapter 15 in the text book
260/9780134077857/ch15.html#ch15/?)
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to Zone Based Firewalls
on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss the advantages and implementation of ZBF
EVALUATION
February 16 WEEK 5
KEY CONCEPTS
• Integrating NAT and Firewalls
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• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to Integrating NAT and
ZBF on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss the difference involved in integrating NAT
and ZBF on IOS and ASA
EVALUATION
• Test 1
• Portfolio 1 submission (Labs 1,2,3) due
February 16
February 23 WEEK 6
KEY CONCEPTS
• Integrating NAT and Firewalls
• Developing firewall policies based on business requirements
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to Integrating NAT and
ZBF on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss business requirements for implementing NAT
with Firewalls
EVALUATION
March 02 WEEK 7
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KEY CONCEPTS
• Virtual Private Network Fundamentals
• Cryptography and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
260/9780134077857/ch05.html#ch05/?)
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to Cryptography and
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss Cryptography and Encryption types and
methodologies
EVALUATION
March 09 WEEK 8
KEY CONCEPTS
• Student Success Week – no class this week
EVALUATION
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March 16 WEEK 9
KEY CONCEPTS
• IP Security (IPSec) protocol suite
• IPSec VPNs in business
• Host-to-host IPSec VPNs
260/9780134077857/ch06.html#ch06/?)
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to IP Security and IP
Security/Host-to-Host VPN on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss and contrast the different IP Security VPN
types
EVALUATION
• Portfolio 2 Submission (Labs 4,5)

March 16
• Begin Project
March 23 WEEK 10
KEY CONCEPTS
• Site-to-site IPSec VPNs
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260/9780134077857/ch07.html#ch07/?)
• Review any texts, slides and videos posted to IP Security/Site-to-Site
VPN on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss and contrast the different IP Security VPN
types
EVALUATION
• No Evaluations this week
March 30 WEEK 11
KEY CONCEPTS
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) VPNs
• Role of SSL VPNs in business
260/9780134077857/ch08.html#ch08/?)
• Review any slides posted to Secure Socket and Transport Layer VPNs
on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss SSL/TLS VPN and how they are implemented
EVALUATION
March 30 • Test 2
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April 06 WEEK 12
KEY CONCEPTS
• Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
• Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
• Defense in Depth
260/9780134077857/ch17.html#ch17/?)
• Review any slides posted to Intrusion Detection and Intrusion
Prevention Systems on eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss and contrast IPS/IDS and how they relate to
Defense in Depth
EVALUATION
• No Evaluations this week
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April 13 WEEK 13
KEY CONCEPTS
• Network Access Control (NAC)
• Client device access policy
• Final Exam Review
260/9780134077857/ch04.html#ch04/?)
• Review any slides posted to BYOD and Network Access Control on
eConestoga
• Be prepared to discuss BYOD and Network Access Control in today's
world
EVALUATION
April 13 • Portfolio 3 Submission (Labs 6,7,8) due
April 20 WEEK 14
KEY CONCEPTS
• No New concepts
• Review and Catchup
EVALUATION
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• Project due
April 16 WEEK 15
KEY CONCEPTS
• No new concepts covered this week
• Study!
EVALUATION
April 16 • FINAL EXAM
Please Note: The Instructional Plan is subject to change with advance notice.
Evaluation dates will not be changed without consultation with students
and the Chair of the Program.
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SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK SECURITY 1475

Name Network Security II

Professor/Instructor Khalid Saood

Office Hours By Appointment

Program Specific Notes

Course Specific Notes (Optional Section)

o Open Educational Resources (OER) | Digital Textbooks | Omar Santos, John

Portfolio (3) 30%

Final exam (cumulative for the semester) 25%

• Portfolio 2 Submission (Labs 4,5)

• No Evaluations this week

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