95-855 Network Traffic Analysis

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This is a handson course that will survey network situational awareness techniques. The concept of network situational awareness is to develop a cogent set of observed network characteristics that will inform decision makers as to the wise course to take in defending the network or more colloquially Know your network. Know the Internet. Know how they work together. The course will involve network investigation to include packet capture analysis and network flow analysis. Micro What is the breadth of my network What assets are important to my mission How do I perform efficient network analysis What does the bad look like Macro What are the geopolitical effects of various movements across the world How do I provide an assessment of a global problem to decision makers What are the downstream affects others face because of me Business Impacts What will this security implementation have on my business What do I do if my network is being used for malicious activity Can I take advantage of new technologies

Prerequisites: none listed

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