Courses

ITS 45400 — Assured Systems Design and Implementation

This course covers network security topics and the design and implementation of assured systems in an enterprise environment. Topics include:

• Network security axioms, security policy
• Sniffing and Spoofing
• TCP/IP network attacks and network security controls
• Firewalls
• Network intrusion detection systems
• Anomaly detection systems
• VPN, AAA, and authentication

Required course.

Time & Place

Tuesday and Thursday 6-8 pm 

Textbook

1. Computer & Internet Security: A hands on approach by Wenliang Du

Instructor

Ricardo A. Calix, Ph.D.
Purdue University Northwest
rcalix@pnw.edu

Office Hours

241 Anderson

On-Line Office Hours

Thursday 4-6 pm (or by appointment)

Project

1. Implement your own IDS/Anomaly Detection System
2. RCM
3. VPN

Labs

1. SEED Lab: Sniffing and Spoofing
2. SEED Lab: TCP/IP Attacks
3. SEED Lab: IDS
4. SEED Lab: Linux Firewall Exploration Lab
5. SEED Lab: VPN
6. Cisco Hardware Network

Videos

1. YouTube

Code

1. GitHub

Recommendations on sources and products

1. Cyber Security

Useful

We will use the following software and hardware:

1. VMWare Workstation 
2. SEED Ubuntu pre-built Virtual Machine
3. Python 
4. How to create the SEED VM
5. Video on how to create the SEED vm using VMware
6. Wireshark 
7. Set up VM as router

Calendar Spring 2022 (subject to change)