This course covers the fundamental skills and knowledge in evaluating internal and external threats to network security and design, how to enforce network level security policies, and how to ultimately protect an organization's information. It includes a broad range of topics from secure network fundamentals, protocols and analysis, standards and policy, compliance and operational security; threats and vulnerabilities; application, data and host security, access control and identity management; and cryptography. Students who have completed the course will have a full understanding of defensive measures taken to secure their organization's information, and along with the proper knowledge necessary to comprehend overall network security posture and the basic practices in vulnerability assessment. This course is Lab Intensive.