Purpose of the assessment
a) Discuss common threats and attacks on networked information systems
b) Identify most common intrusion detection attacks, and discuss how to prevent them
c) Apply skills to analyse complex problems in network security under supervision
Assignment Description
For this assignment you will evaluate one of the Network Security tools from Table 1. Marks will be awarded based on the sophistication and the difficulties the demonstration explored.
Your task is to complete and make a 4-5 min video presentation on the following:
1. Download and install (on your computer or on MIT Virtual box) one of the Security Tool from Table 1.
2. Demonstrate (narration of your actions recorded by video) 4 tasks the software can perform.
3. Outline of your presentation.
4. Usability of the tool.
5. Present the results in a video presentation.
6. You should appear in the video at the first and last 30 secs to introduce yourself and draw a conclusion on your experience with the Security Tool.
Length of Video: Introduction (30 secs approximately, your appearance should be in the video) + Outline of the presentation (30 secs approximately) + Demonstration of the task (210 seconds approximately) + Usability of the Tool (15 seconds approximately) + Conclusion (15 secs approximately, with appearance)
Table 1 Network Security Tool
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Serial #
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Software
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Description
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1
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Snort
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Snort is an open source intrusion prevention system for windows and unix. The software enables users to monitor real time traffic and carry out packet logging.
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2
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Kismet Wireless
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Kismet is an 802.11 wireless network detector. Kismet could be used to log traffic and plot detected networks.
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3
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Open SSH
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Open SSH is an open source security tool, which could be used for remote login to the SSH protocol. Open SSH also enables the user to perform secure tunneling.
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4
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Nessus
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Nessus is a licensed software for vulnerability scanning, however a free trial version is available. Nessus could be used to scan for viruses, malware, backdoors, and hosts communicating with botnet-infected systems.
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5
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Security Onion
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Security Onion is based on Ubuntu. Security Onion provides solutions for intrusion detection, network security monitoring and log management.
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You may use any of the available open source software for screen capture.