NET - 262 Hardening the Infrastructure

(4 s.h.)

Prerequisites: NET - 113 IT Essentials I, NET - 136 Operating Systems II, NET - 200 Introduction to Networking, NET - 225 Routing and Switching Essentials, NET - 304 Windows Workstation Operating Systems, or permission of the instructor.
This course focuses on understanding security policies, risk analysis, penetration testing, patching and upgrading systems, capturing and analyzing packets, cryptography, and hardening operating systems focusing on internal systems, the interaction between them, and the pathways that lead them outside the security perimeter. This course prepares students to take the Strategic Infrastructure Security exam (SCO-471) for the Security Certified Network Professional (SCNP) certification.

Lecture Hours: 30
Lab Hours: 60
Clinical Hours: 0
Work Experience Hours: 0