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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CS 82.59 | Title:
FIREWALLS |
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| Full Title:
Firewalls and Network Security |
| Last Reviewed:5/10/2021 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Survey of topics in field of firewall, advanced threats and their characteristics. Students will learn how to manage firewalls and advanced threats using security policies, profiles and signatures to protect networks against emerging threats. Knowledge of the operation of firewalls is essential to the person who wants to ensure network security. The student will be introduced to the concepts, principles, types and topologies of firewalls to include packet filtering, proxy firewalls, application gateways, circuit gateways and stateful packet inspection. Additionally, the course provides the broad-based knowledge necessary to prepare students for further study in other specialized security fields. Cisco ASA and Palo Alto Networks, and other industry leading firewalls, will be examined and configured.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course completion of CS 82.58 and CS 82.22C
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Survey of topics in field of firewall, advanced threats and their characteristics. Students will learn how to manage firewalls and advanced threats using security policies, profiles and signatures to protect networks against emerging threats. Knowledge of the operation of firewalls is essential to the person who wants to ensure network security. The student will be introduced to the concepts, principles, types and topologies of firewalls to include packet filtering, proxy firewalls, application gateways, circuit gateways and stateful packet inspection. Additionally, the course provides the broad-based knowledge necessary to prepare students for further study in other specialized security fields. Cisco ASA and Palo Alto Networks, and other industry leading firewalls, will be examined and configured.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course completion of CS 82.58 and CS 82.22C
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2022 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 01 | Course Created/Approved: | 5/10/2021 |
| Version Created: | 11/29/2020 | Course Last Modified: | 6/26/2023 |
| Submitter: | Michael McKeever | Course Last Full Review: | 5/10/2021 |
| Version Status: | Approved New Course (First Version) | Prereq Created/Approved: | 5/10/2021 |
| Version Status Date: | 5/10/2021 | Semester Last Taught: | |
| Version Term Effective: | Fall 2022 | Term Inactive: | |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Demonstrate methods and techniques used by firewalls to counteract vulnerabilities
2. Describe basic network security vulnerabilities
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Describe basic network security vulnerabilities
2. Explain firewalls and their features
3. Apply techniques used by firewalls to counteract vulnerabilities
4. Incorporate common solutions and strategies
5. Apply different Business Models and appropriate solutions
6. Describe a firewall's use of digital signature authentication
7. Explain the operation of firewalls with Built-in Virus Scanning
8. Perform installation and configuration of common firewalls
9. Demonstrate appropriate and ethical behavior and good work habits
Topics and Scope
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1. Security Platform and Architecture
2. Initial Configuration
3. Interface Configuration
4. Security and NAT Policies
5. URL Filtering
6. Decryption
7. Site-to-Site VPNs
8. Monitoring and Reporting
9. Active/Passive High Availability
10. Security Practices, Industry Ethical Standards of Behavior
Assignments:
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Reading assignments include:
1. Online research of security devices and deployment practices
2. Approximately 50 pages weekly from the textbook
Homework problems include:
1. Weekly online discussion thread participation
2. Hands-on exercises to demonstrate proficiency with topics
3. Online quizzes (5 - 12)
4. Assignments for configuring and deploying firewalls
Other assignments include:
1. Skill demonstration examinations
2. Classroom scenario-based exercises
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
5 - 10% |
| Weekly written online discussions | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
15 - 30% |
| Homework problems, assignments for configuring and deploying firewalls. | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 30% |
| Class performances of configurating and deploying firewalls, and skill demonstration examinations | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 30% |
| Quizzes and skill demonstration examinations | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 20% |
| Attendance and participation in scenario-based exercises | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Cisco Next-Generation Security Solutions: All-in-one Cisco ASA Firepower Services, NGIPS, and AMP. Santos, Omar and Kampanakis, Panos and Woland, Aaron. Cisco Press. 2016 (classic)
Mastering Palo Alto Networks. Piens, Tom. Packet Publishing. 2020
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | E | Requires English Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | U | User Generated Text |
| Advisories-generate description: | A | Auto-Generated Text |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | Y | Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| Area department: | CS | Computer Studies |
| Division: | 72 | Arts & Humanities |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Both Certificate and Major Applicable |
| Repeatability: | 00 | Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP |
| Repeat group id: | | |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 0701 | Computer & Information Science |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | Computer Information Systems |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Either online or hybrid, as determined by instructor |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | N | |
| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | Y | Not Applicable, Credit Course |
| Classification: | Y | Career-Technical Education |
| SAM classification: | C | Clearly Occupational |
| TOP code: | 0708.00 | Computer Infrastructure and Support |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an in-Service Course |
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