CMSY 262 Encryption and Secure Communications
This course will instruct students on how to leverage and apply the principals of encryption to protect data at rest and in transit over potentially insecure networks. The history and concepts of cryptography will be discussed as well as common tools/practices to encrypt data and store/transmit it securely. Concepts of Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies and secure email will become an integral part of the students' skill set. This course is designed with a network administrator in mind.
Hours Weekly
2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab weekly
Course Objectives
- Define the concepts of privileged access and restricted access to certain data.
- Understand and identify encryption algorithms.
- Demonstrate the use of a packet sniffer in order to determine whether data traversing a network is
safe. - Employ the use of public key encryption and SSL for website assurance.
- Identify the different tunneling protocols used for VPN connectivity.
- Demonstrate the capability to establish a VPN and determine if the traffic is encrypted or not.
- Identify specific needs for physical security to protect network systems.
Course Objectives
- Define the concepts of privileged access and restricted access to certain data.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Final Exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Final Exam Rubric
- Understand and identify encryption algorithms.
- Demonstrate the use of a packet sniffer in order to determine whether data traversing a network is
safe.This objective is a course Goal Only
- Employ the use of public key encryption and SSL for website assurance.
- Identify the different tunneling protocols used for VPN connectivity.
- Demonstrate the capability to establish a VPN and determine if the traffic is encrypted or not.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Identify specific needs for physical security to protect network systems.