The module is:
- Self managed learning using on-line material
- On-line multiple choice tests, relating to each of the modules
- The module will be delivered over 8 weeks, 2 x 3 hour evenings per week, each evening typically comprising one 1 hour lecture per session to supplement on-line material and 2 hours practical experimentation.
- 16 hours lectures and 32 hours labs/tutorials
(1:n)2 (1:20)4

A 50% coursework typically an online assessment or case study of approximately 1500 words (Learning Outcome 1).
Practical Coursework 50% (Learning Outcomes 2 and 3).

CCNA security is a module leading on from CCNA, exploring the field of security. The module looks at types of threat, securing access to devices, AAA, implementing firewall and intrusion protection technologies, layer 2 security features, cryptographic systems, VPNs and how to manage a secure network.

CCNA Security Offical Exam Certification Guide (Exam 640-553), Watkisn and Wallace, Cisco Press, Illustrated Edition (3 Jul 2008), ISBN-13:978-1587202209

CISCO Local Academies only
On-line learning material provided by CISCO Inc.
CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor

NOTE
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed CCNA 1, 2, 3 and 4, INS1&2, ISCW or IINS

Only available for study as a part-time evening module at full market value cost. Students must have passed Network Fundamentals, Routing Protocols and Concepts, LAN Switching and Wireless, and accessing the WAN or passed CCNA1, 2, 3 and 4 as part of a CNAP programme.