Introduction[Back] Our main focus is to investigate secure infrastructures and some core principles. The module involves a two-hour lecture (A.17), followed by a two-hour lab, and the main GitHub for the labs and associated code is [here]. To download the source, use: git clone https://github.com/billbuchanan/csn09112 |
Timetable
No | Week beginning | Subject | Lab |
2 | 17 Sept 2020 | 1. Introduction [Link] 2. Intrusion Detection Systems [Link] |
Introduction to the vSoC Cloud Lab Demo (Part 1) |
3 | 24 Sept 2020 | 3. Network Security [Link] | Vyatta and Snort. Lab Demo |
4 | 1 Oct 2020 | 4. Ciphers and Fundamentals [Link] | pfSense. Lab Demo |
5 | 8 Oct 2020 | 5. Secret Key [Link] 6. Hashing [Link] |
Vulnerability Analysis and IDS Lab Demo |
6 | 15 Oct 2020 | 7. Public Key [Link] 8. Key Exchange [Link] |
Public/Private Key and Hashing Lab Demo 1 Demo 2 |
7 | 22 Oct 2020 | 9. Digital Certificates [Link] | Ciphers and Digital Certs. Lab |
8 | 29 Oct 2020 | Test 1 | |
9 | 5 Nov 2020 | 10. Network Forensics [Link] | Network Forensics Lab |
10 | 12 Nov 2020 | 11. Tunnelling [Link] | Tunnelling Lab |
11 | 19 Nov 2020 | 12. Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies [Link] | Blockchain Lab: here |
12 | 26 Nov 2020 | Splunk | Splunk lab |
13 | 3 Dec 2020 | 12. Blockchain (Tokens) | Network Protocols and Python Lab Demo [code] |
14 | 10 Dec 2020 | Test 2 (Network Forensics and Blockchain) | |
17 Dec 2020 | Hand-in: 18 Dec 2020 [Here] |
Subjects
The following some of the key chapters used in the module:
- Introduction [Link]
- Intrusion Detection Systems [Link]
- Network Security [Link]
- Encryption: Ciphers and Fundamentals [Link]
- Encryption: Public and Private Key [Link]
- Authentication: Hashing [Link]
- Authentication: Digital Certificates [Link]
- Network Forensics [Link]
- Code Cracking [Link]
- Cloud Computing [Link]
Software Installation
You will be allocated a username and password for the Security Cloud. The ways to access it are: here
The following is a demo of installing and running the instances in the Cloud: