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DCSG2001 - Interconnected Networks and Network Security

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Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
School exam 100/100 4 hours D

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 To
DCST2001 7.5 AUTUMN 2019
IMT2007 7.5 AUTUMN 2020
IMT2521 2.5 AUTUMN 2020
IMT2631 2.5 AUTUMN 2020
IMT2641 2.5 AUTUMN 2020
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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Intermediate course, level II

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  AUTUMN 2024

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Location: Gjøvik

Subject area(s)
  • Computer Science
Contact information
Course coordinator: Lecturer(s):

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Timetable

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Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Autumn ORD School exam 100/100 D INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
Summer UTS School exam 100/100 D INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
Examination

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