CYBR 456 - Network Security

Units: 3

Introduces students to network communication security. Covers network packet sniffing and spoofing, network attack and defense from different network layers. Examines network attacks such as ARP spoofing, ICMP redirection, Man-in-the-Middle attack, TCP FYN flooding, TCP session hijacking, DNS cache poisoning, Heartbleed attack against SSL/TLS, reverse SSH tunnel as well as their countermeasures and defense. Zero trust network and modern network intrusion detection will also be introduced.
Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted to students in the Cybersecurity major.

Prerequisite(s): CYBR 210.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): CYBR 310.