Information Security Technology

This course aims to empower students by merging two fundamental disciplines: managing modern network infrastructures and protecting these infrastructures against cyber threats. The first half of the course focuses on network management, examining core concepts such as network architectures, the OSI and TCP/IP models, IP addressing (especially subnetting), and network management protocols (SNMP). The second half is entirely devoted to information security, beginning with security principles like the CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability). This is followed by an in-depth exploration of cryptography, strong authentication methods, and access control mechanisms. Finally, students learn the installation and management strategies for the most common threats a network administrator will face, including DoS/DDoS attacks, firewalls, and intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS).

The main objective of this course is to provide students with the practical and theoretical skills to establish, manage, and ensure the security of an organization's computer networks.