CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course explores LAN and WAN network security issues and various resolutions to the problems.

• Develop appropriate security policies
• Classify different encryption techniques
• Design network firewalls
• Identify security standards

• Complete and turn in all assignments electronically via WebCT
• Communicate regularly with the teacher via email

Tuesday/Thursday 11:30-1:00 pm
Thursday 4:00-7:00 pm

Also available by appointment

All written work for this class must be done using proper grammar and punctuation. Writing skills are crucial to your future success, and these types of assignments are one way to practice those skills. Regardless of your personal knowledge of any subject, if you cannot write about it using good writing skills, then no one else can know how much you know about it.

Up to 15% of your assignment grade could be lost if proper writing skills are not demonstrated. If you need writing skills helps, SCC provides an excellent resource for you. Contact the ACE Center or me if you require assistance in this area.

Chapter Review Questions:

If the question is True/False, give me a T or an F for the answer.
If the question is Multiple Choice, give me the letter of the correct answer.
If the question is short answer, you must write the answer in a complete sentence.

This work should be submitted via WebCT.

Absolutely no homework will be accepted after May 8, 2008.

Projects

For most chapters, you are to do either a Hands-On Project or a Case Project. You may choose which project to do for each chapter. If you do not have Windows XP, you will have to do Case Projects.  

You will post your project results on the discussion board within WebCT; be sure to start by identifying which project you have completed.

Article Summaries

You will be finding four (4) articles on Network Security, and writing summaries of those articles. Each summary is to be 1/2-1 page long, double spaced, size 10-12 Times New Roman or Arial.  On the page, put your name, then the title of the article, then the URL where you found the article.  Then you begin your summary.

These summaries should be posted to the discussion board within WebCT.

You will also comment on two (2) article summaries written by classmates.  Your comments should includes topics such as: (1) did you find the same information, or opposite information somewhere else;  (2)  do you agree or disagree with the content of the summary; (3) did you find the student's summary particularly easy or difficult to understand--based on how it was written; (4) any other comments you would like to make about the topic of the other student's article or the summary itself.  Start by telling us which summary you have chosen for comment.

These comments should be posted to the discussion board within WebCT. 

This portion of the course will help bring you up to date on the current topics in Security.

Absolutely no summaries will be accepted after May 8, 2008.

Exams

There are no regular exams during the semester, so there will be no need for make-up exams.

Your FINAL EXAM will be a formal written report.  Click on Final Exam Project, and then respond to each bullet item listed as well as suggesting a plan for testing the backup and recovery procedure.  Be sure the report looks professional.

You will submit this report via email within WebCT. 

The Final Exam is due by Thursday May 15, 2008.

Final Exam Rubric: This is how your final exam will be graded