The theory behind firewall architecture design and implementation, including the principles behind zone-based design. Students will gain hands-on experience in complex firewall architecture design, and will implement that design -- and the associated firewall rule sets -- in internetworks populated with various TCP/IP clients and servers. This course will also include discussion of new approaches such as distributed firewall architecture.

Note: Open only to students in the Graduate Diploma in Information Assurance, Graduate Diploma in Information Security, Master of Information Systems Assurance Management, or Master of Information System Security Management programs.

Prerequisites: Information Systems Security Management 521
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