- Department: Computer Science
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
- See module specification for other years: 2023-24
Network Security (NETS): This module covers the basic concepts of cyber security, how these are modelled, threat models, and the mechanisms to enforce security policies.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2024-25 |
This module aims to provide a broad knowledge of network and system security, addressing threats over a range of network layers and detailing corresponding defensive countermeasures and protocols. The module will cover the basic concepts of cyber security (confidentiality, integrity and availability), how these are modelled, threat models (adversary capabilities and goals), and basic control mechanisms to enforce security policies (e.g. access control). Students will learn to understand network security, threats, and the mechanisms that have been developed to counter them. It explores a range of different networked systems, the main network attacks, and their defence mechanisms.
By the end of the module the students will be able to:
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Feedback is provided through work in practical sessions, discussion in seminars, and after each assessment as per normal University guidelines.
Sherri Davidoff, Jonathan Ham, Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers Through Cyberspace, Prentice Hall, 2012
Kevin R Fall, W Richard Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The protocols, Addison Wesley, 2012
Andrew Tannenbaum, Computer Networks, Prentice Hall, 2002