VU23213 - Utilise basic network concepts and protocols required in cyber security
Nominal hours
Location
Online
St Albans
Sunshine
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to comprehend how data travels around the internet. It includes the function and operation of protocols such as Open System Interconnection (OSI) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite and devices that facilitate data transfer. The exposure to these protocols is at an introductory level in this unit. The unit applies to individuals working as cyber security technicians and supports their ability to detect breaches in security infrastructure
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• use a network environment to demonstrate the key features of the TCP/IP and OSI models and function as well as the interconnection and operation of key networking devices.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• Open System Interconnection (OSI) layered communication model
• Media Access Layer (MAC) addresses
• binary number system
• hexadecimal number system
• Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Address resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Server Management Block (SMB)
• Transport layer Security (TLS)
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
• basics of Internet Protocol Version (IPV4) and Internet Protocol Version (IPV6) addressing
• Narrowband IoT (NB – IoT) and Long Range IoT (LoRA) Internet of Things protocols
• routers, switches, firewall fundamentals & wireless access points
• end to end test commands e.g. Ping, Traceroute, netcat
• Quick User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Internet Connections (QUIC) Operation
• Denial-of-Service (DOS) & Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attack mechanisms
• Address Resolution Poisoning (ARP) attack mechanism
• fundamental ransomware attack mechanisms
• virtual machine images and their construction
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):