Dr G.S. Knight
knight-s@rmc.ca
Rm S5108
6245
Capt Stephan McKeon
stephen.mckeon@rmc-cmr.ca
Rm S4106
3802
Military
and civilian computing systems are frequently attacked by espionage services,organized
crime, and hacking groups. In this course, students will investigate
the cyber threat environment, network attack, the design of network
perimeter defence, and defence-in-depth. The capstone activity is a
two-week cyber defence exercise at term end, organized and run by the
National Security Agency, involving military college teams from
Canada. Students completing this course will be able to design a defensive computer network architecture and
understand the network cyber operations environment. Topics include:
firewall design; deployment of intrusion detection and prevention
systems; design and implementation of security policy; and
identification and authentication.
Tuesdays:
0800 - 1000 hrs in SB4112 (alternate
SB3411)
Thursdays: 0900 - 1000 hrs in SB4112 (alternate SB3419)
Thursdays: 1000 - 1200 hrs in SB4112 (laboratory)
This table may be updated/changed during the term
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Period 1 (Tues-1) |
Period 2 (Tues-2) |
Period 3 (Thur-2) |
Lab (Thur-3,4 |
Notes |
1 |
06 – 10 Jan |
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2 |
13
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3 |
20
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4 |
27
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5 |
03
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Quiz
Reading: Windows 10 Security |
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6 |
10 – 14 Feb |
Network
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7 |
17 – 21 Feb |
Reading
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8 |
24
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9 |
02
– 06 Mar |
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10 |
09
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11 |
16
– 20 Mar |
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12 |
23 – 27 Mar |
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13 |
30
Mar – 03 Apr |
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14 |
06 – 10 Apr |
CyberX Exercise Week |
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15 |
13 – 17 Apr |
Class/Exams |
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