Business and technology qualifications, Levels 3-6, in Brussels. Explore qualifications
Portal login
Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

Secure Corporate Network Architecture Design

IT601 · Advanced Computer Networks — Week 9 of 16

CourseIT601
Week9 of 16
SemesterI
TutorOnline in the course chat

This week’s topics

Secure Corporate Network Architecture Design

  1. Defense-in-depth principles
  2. Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and boundary design
  3. VLAN segmentation and routing topologies
  4. Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) integration
  5. Ethical Hacking War Stories: Zero Trust, IAM & Advanced C2 Tactics

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Design a secure network for a corporate environment.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: design a secure network for a corporate environment.

Study materials

Videos

  • Ethical Hacking War Stories: Zero Trust, IAM & Advanced C2 Tactics · YouTube · IBM Technology · 15 min · for registered students
  • What is a DMZ? (Demilitarized Zone) · YouTube · PowerCert Animated Videos · 6 min · for registered students
  • Network Infrastructure Concepts - CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 - 3.1 · YouTube · Professor Messer · 7 min · for registered students
  • VLANs, Tagging, Trunking, VxLAN, & Native VLAN · YouTube · PowerCert Animated Videos · 10 min · for registered students
  • Secure by Design – the Architect's Guide to Security Design Principles • Eoin Woods • GOTO 2016 · YouTube · GOTO Conferences · 44 min · for registered students
  • What is a Jump Server? (Bastion Host) · YouTube · PowerCert Animated Videos · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • NCSC: Network security fundamentals · PDF · NCSC, guidance; 11 pages · for registered students
  • NIST SP 800-207: Zero Trust Architecture · PDF · NIST, guidance; 59 pages · for registered students
  • An Introduction to Computer Networks, 3.2: Virtual LAN (VLAN) · PDF · Textbook, textbook chapter; pp. 74–77 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
MidtermWeek 10
Course chat

Admitted students ask questions on this week’s page in the student portal: an AI assistant trained on the course answers first, and during the course’s timetabled classes Connect to your tutor brings your tutor into the chat, who may start a call if needed.

Open this week in the portal
Course plan
  • Week 1: Client-Server Architecture
  • Week 2: OS Process Architecture and Management
  • Week 3: Linux Enterprise Server Configuration
  • Week 4: Transport Layer Dynamics: TCP and UDP
  • Week 5: DNS Server Deployment on Linux
  • Week 6: Evaluation of Network Security Protocols
  • Week 7: Corporate Threat Analysis and Security Requirements
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Secure Corporate Network Architecture Design
  • Week 10: Network Security Implementation
  • Week 11: Enterprise Network Hardening and Verification
  • Week 12: Applying Advanced Computer Networks in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
Back to the course
Scroll