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Nevada Computer Science and Applications

Lesson 5.10 Securing a Network

Description

In this lesson, students are presented with the main ways that networks are secured: access controls, AAA protocols, physical security, reading logs, intrusion detection systems, establishing firewall rules. They also explore what a network administrator career entails.


Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain the AAA (authentication, authorization, accounting) protocol and how it supports network security
  • Read a network log and analyze it for basic intrusion detection
  • Establish basic firewall rules for a network
  • Explain what an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) does to support network security
  • Explain in basic terms what a network administrator does