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Network Security (5 cr)

Code: TE00BL63-3002

General information


Enrollment

28.11.2022 - 13.01.2023

Timing

09.01.2023 - 30.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology
  • Degree Programme in Information and Communications Technology

Teachers

  • Tero Virtanen

Teacher in charge

Tero Virtanen

Scheduling groups

  • R1 (Size: 30. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R2 (Size: 30. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R3 (Size: 30. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • ICTMODictprojSem
  • PTIVIS21T
    Data Networks and Cybersecurity
  • PTIETS21dncs
    PTIETS21 Data Networks and Cybersecurity

Small groups

  • R1
  • R2
  • R3

Materials

All needed material will be available online in https://paloaltonetworksacademy.net
Please register to the site using school email.

Exam schedules

Final exam and one re-exam will be held before course ends.

Student workload

Two contact hours each week
Independent studying, including:
- Studying the course material
- Completing exercises
- Preparation for the exam
- Completing Capstone lab

Content scheduling

The goal of this course is to enhance the student’s understanding of how to configure and manage Next-Generation Firewalls. The course focuses on configuring managing, and monitoring a firewall in a lab environment, including the following:

- Configure and manage the essential features of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls
- Configure and manage Security and NAT policies to enable approved traffic to and from zones
- Configure and manage Threat Prevention strategies to block traffic from known and unknown IP addresses, domains, and URLs
- Monitor network traffic using the interactive web interface and firewall reports

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Laboratory assignments using virtual machines
Quizzes
Final exam
Capstone lab