Class Times and Room Numbers:

Days Duration Start End Room
Mondays 1 hour 16:10 17:00 MYLT101 (Murphy Lecture Theatre)
Wednesdays 1 hour 16:10 17:00 MYLT101 (Murphy Lecture Theatre)


Lab/tutorial Times and Room Numbers:

Days

Activity

Duration

Start

End

Room/Capacity
Thursdays Lab 1 hour 11 am 12 pm CO139 / 30
Thursdays Lab 1 hour 12 pm 01 pm CO139 / 30
Fridays Lab 1 hour 10 am 11 am CO139 / 30

Lecture Schedule:

Week

Main Topics

Slides

Reading Notes

1

Introduction to the course, basics concepts

2

System security and, access control models

3,4,5,6

TCP/IP and Internet protocols security
  • Chapter 1 of the book "The Illustrated Network": "Protocols and Layers" (Included)
  • Chapter 2 of the coursebook: "TCP/IP" (Included)
  • Chapter 18 of the book "CompTIA Linux+ Certification Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to Achieving LX0-103 and LX0-104 Cert.":
    "Shell Scripting & SQL Data Management" (NOT included in final test)

7

Firewalls and application gateways

8

Network and host-based intrusion detection systems
  • NIST 800-94 ( NOT included in final test but a good read nonetheless!. This covers everything Chapter 8 of the coursebook does and more!)
  • Chapter 8 of the coursebook (Included)

9

Intrusion deception systems and Honeypots

10

Bastion hosts

11

Guest Lecturer

12

Internet of Things (IoT), security and privacy