College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Shaqra University

This course is based on CND. The Certified Network Defender (CND) program is designed to train students in defending, detecting, and responding to network threats and to be familiar with network components, traffic, reliability, and utilization, network topology, system location, and security policies, among other things. Students will learn network defense fundamentals, the application of network security controls, protocols, perimeter appliances, secure IDS, VPN and firewall configuration. They will then learn the intricacies of network traffic signature, analysis and vulnerability scanning which will help them when they design greater network security policies and successful incident response plans. Mid Term 1: 1st October 2025, 8:00 AM (F 211) Mid Term 2: 12th  November 2025, 8:00 AM (F 211) (Assignment Due Date: 4th December, 2025) Assignment 1:   Link Assignment 2:   Link Week Date Lecture Slides Lab Slides Additional Resources 1 Week 1 2 Week 2 3 Week 3 Lab Experim...

Cyber Security (3) covers a very wide range of cybersecurity technologies, processes, and tools that will really open your eyes. It explores the main concepts and solutions to a wide range of network defense issues and cybersecurity design principles. It discusses in detail the creation and implementation of policies that ensure compliance with laws and industry standards. Also, it progressively layers multiple security controls in order to end the course with a functional security architecture implemented in the cloud.  Mid Term 1: 30th September 2025, 8:00 AM (S 204) Mid Term 2: 11 th November 2025, 8:00 AM (S 204) (Assignment Due Date: 4th December, 2025) Assignment 1: Link Assignment 2: Link Week Date Lecture Slides Lab Slides Additional Resources 1 Week 1 2 Week 2 3 Week 3 Lab Experiments 4 Week 4 5 Week 5 6 Week 6 7 Week  8 Week 8 9 Week 9 10 Week 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17