Module Details

Module Code: NETW
Module Title: Networking Systems Management
Title: Networking Systems Management
Module Level:: 8
Credits:: 10
Module Coordinator: Nigel Whyte
Module Author:: Tim Casey
Domains:  
Module Description: To prepare the student to manage, maintain and secure networks and the systems that they interconnect.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Manage a diverse and heterogeneous collection of network-attached devices.
LO2 Recommend and plan the implementation of a network security strategy based upon an organizations identified requirements.
LO3 Monitor the effectiveness of various network technologies.
LO4 Develop and implement a comprehensive backup strategy for an organization.
LO5 Deploy and manage a collection of network management tools and services.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Local and Wide-area Networks
Local and Wide Area Networks: review of technology; equipment and requirements for internetwork connections.
Security
Security virtues, rules and high-level practices.
Backups and Disaster Recovery
Backup strategy and Disaster Recovery
Internet Security
Internet security: encryption, firewalls, and secure protocols.
Network Management
Network management: overview, management information base, agents, proxies, common protocols and implementations, performance monitoring.
Network Management Tools and Servers
Network management tools and servers: firewalls, IDS, SNMP-based tools, vulnerability scanners, servers (web, SSH, etc.).
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment40.00%
End of Module Formal Examination60.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 20
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Continuous Assessment and Examination. Example CA/exercises to include (but not limited to):
• Based on a provided case-study organisation, draft a security strategy document.
• Based on a provided case-study organisation, draft a backup and DR strategy document.
• Use open source port and vulnerability scanners to test pre-configured systems for weaknesses.
• Install, configure and operate an IDS.
• Install and operate a firewall over a fixed time-frame and forensically analyse all activity.
• Install and operate a network monitoring server.
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 20
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,3,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Individual project - student to install and configure (harden) a diverse set of server applications and monitor over an extended period of time
No Project
No Practical
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 60
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
No Description

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Lecture 12 Weeks per Stage 4.00 48
Laboratory Contact Laboratory 12 Weeks per Stage 4.00 48
Estimated Learner Hours Non Contact Estimated Learner Hours 15 Weeks per Stage 10.27 154
Total Weekly Contact Hours 8.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Linux Networking Cookbook, O'Reilly Media.
  • Head First Networking, O'Reilly Media.
  • Chris sanders. (2017), Practical Packet Analysis, 3rd. No Starch Press.
  • Douglas Comer. (2014), Computer Networks and Internets, 6th. Prentice Hall.
  • Evi Nemeth, et al. (2018), UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 5th. Addison-Wesley.
  • Simson Garfinkel. Practical UNIX and Internet Security, 3rd. O'Reilly Media..
This module does not have any article/paper resources
This module does not have any other resources
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