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DCSG2001

Interconnected Networks and Network Security

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Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Gjøvik
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

The course includes various topics related to interconnected networks and network security. This includes the following areas:

  • WAN Technologies
  • Routing concepts (static and dynamic)
  • Network services (ex. QoS, NAT)
  • Access management, firewalls and IDS/IPS
  • Remote access and VPN
  • Network related threats and mitigation
  • Monitoring of networks
  • Network virtualisation
  • Wireless networks.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • K1: The candidate is familiar with basic principles and central technologies related to interconnection of networks, both locally and over larger geographical distances.
  • K2: The candidate is familiar with the networks' role regarding information security.
  • K3: The candidate is familiar with various threats against modern networks, and how to reduce the risk these threats impose.

Skills:

  • F1: The candidate can design and install secure computer networks with basis in a distributed organization's needs.
  • F2: The candidate can analyze various security solutions, and evaluate these in regard to the services the network should provide.

General competence:

  • G1: The candidate is familiar with the risks an organization faces, and how these are affected by various strategies used to secure the network.
  • G2: The candidate is able to participate in cross-disciplinary discussions and communicate important concepts regarding network security.

Learning methods and activities

  • Lectures
  • Group work
  • Laboratory work in the network lab at Gjøvik
  • Coursework requirements: Mandatory assignments must be approved before the candidate will be permitted to attend the final exam.

Compulsory assignments

  • Mandatory tasks

Further on evaluation

  • Re-sit examination in August. Re-sit examination can be arranged as oral exam.
  • Mandatory assignments must be approved before the candidate will be permitted to attend the final exam.

About the mandatory assignments: They include a set of module exams completed on Cisco's learning platform NetAcad and/or a set of assignments completed using, for example, Cisco’s Packet Tracer. More information about the mandatory activities is published on the subject's Blackboard page throughout the semester. Examples of previously used tasks include:

  • Design and configuration of networks, including dynamic routing, VLAN, various types of network security mechanisms, access control lists, etc.
  • Configuration of VPN technology to connect local networks over larger geographical distances
  • Setup and use of network management and monitoring solutions for networks and network devices

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Security (BDIGSEC)

Required previous knowledge

Requires admission to the study program "Bachelor in Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Security"

Course materials

  • Cisco NetAcademy teaching materials
  • Handouts/articles/slides from the lectures
  • Kurose, J. and Ross, K.W., "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach" (Global edition). Pearson

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
DCST2001 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
IMT2007 7.5 sp Autumn 2020
IMT2521 2.5 sp Autumn 2020
IMT2631 2.5 sp Autumn 2020
IMT2641 2.5 sp Autumn 2020
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Computer Science

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology