The overall aim of the course is to give the students the necessary skills to assess cooperate networks for vulnerabilities and mitigate them before security attacks. The students will secure a medium-sized company network against possible attacks and intrusions, test and configure network security, ensure network devices can operate securely. Further, this course will enable students to report on network security issues and trends, as well as protect networks.

     The aim of this course is to introduce students to different operating systems (OS) and how to apply their inherent security features. This course will address theoretical concepts of operating system security, security architectures of current operating systems, and details of security implementation using best practices to configure operating systems to industry security standards. It also emphasises how to use tools and techniques to decrease risks arising from vulnerabilities in operating systems and applications.