The practice of intrusion detection encompasses virtually all aspects of network security, and provides a good entry point to the fundamental concepts associated with protecting computers and networks in the 21st century. These concepts include: deterring attacks; detecting intrusion attempts; responding to break-ins and intrusion attempts; assessing the damage of hack attacks; anticipating future attacks; and locating and prosecuting intruders. This course provides the student with a solid foundation in network security fundamentals; while the primary emphasis is on intrusion detection, the book also covers such essential practices as developing a security policy and then implementing that policy by performing Network Address Translation (NAT), packet filtering, and installing proxy servers, firewalls, and Virtual Private Networks (VPN). The student must have a working knowledge of the Internet and basic networking concepts such as TCP/IP, gateways, routers, and Ethernet.

4.5 Credit Hours