Systems Administration and Security (271149)
Learning Outcomes
- To qualify students with the basic training in systems administration and security.
- Describe the relevance of the information security in an organization.
- Describe good practices of the information security implementation
- Identify the main information encryption algorithms
- Analyze and assess the security levels of networks and systems
- Describe the main existent threats and identify mechanisms to prevent them, as well as solutions to recovery after an attack.
- Identify new technological evolutions and assess both its relevance and impact current systems and networks security.
Study Program
- Introduction to Information Security
- Why Security is Needed
- Overview of Computer Security
- Cryptography and Cryptographic Tools
- Technology of Security - Wireless, IDSs, VPNs, and Firewalls
- Essential concepts regarding systems and networks administration and security
- Security (risc analysis, planning, monitoring, and management)
- Revisiting of the essential concepts of Linux and Windows
- Practical work (lab)
- Installation and configuration of network services.
- Planning and management of security procedures.
- Monitoring
- Faults and performance.
Bibliography
MAIN REFERENCES:
Principles of Information Security, Michael E. Whitman, Herbert
J. Mattord, 6ª Edition, Course Technology, Cengage Learning, 2013 (biblioteca)
ISBN-10: 1-111-13823-0 / ISBN-13: 978-1-111-13823-3
Computer Security, Principles and Practice, William Stallings, Lawrie Brown, 3rd. Edition, Prentice – Hall , 2015 (biblioteca)
ISBN-10: 0133773922 / ISBN-13: 9780133773927