UMass Boston

Network Security Administration II

Course #: IT 444, Class #: 2810, Section #: 12

Description

This course will focus on network protection (firewall implementation, site-to-site vpn configuration, and identity management), information gathering (port scan, service scan), and penetration testing (internal test and external test). The internal pen-test can cover vulnerability assessment including server vulnerabilities discovery, server attack, client side attack and social engineering attack.

Prerequisites

Open to IT-BS and CM majors. Students in partner programs may register for this course starting 01/05/2026. Guest students and non-partner program students may submit registration requests starting 01/15/2026 IT 443