Assignment title: Information
BN203/MN502: Network Security 1/Overview of Network Security
Assignment 1 (15%)
BN203: Total 10 Marks
MN502: Total 16 Marks
Due Date: Week 7
Assignment Overview
For this assignment you will evaluate a Network Security Software. Marks will be awarded based on the
sophistication and the difficulties the demonstration explored.
Your task is to complete and make a 6-8 min video presentation on the following:
1. Download and install (on your computer or on MIT Virtualbox) a Network Security Software.
2. Demonstrate (narration of your actions recorded by video) 3 tasks the software can perform. (6
Marks)
MN502 students: Must try three (3) more tasks that are of greater difficulty to implement.
Must explain how and what makes the tasks of greater difficulties with an additional 5 minutes. (6
Marks)
3. Summarize your findings. (4 Marks)
4. Present the results in a video presentation. (BN203: 4 + 6 Marks and MN502: 4 + 6 + 6 Marks)
You may use any of the following software or a Network Security Software approved by your tutor. Additional
marks may be gain by using advance techniques not taught in the laboratories.
HP ArcSightApplication (Enterprise Network Security)
Snort (Intrusion Detection System)
CISCO Intrusion Prevention System (Intrusion Detection System)
Ossec (Intrusion Detection System)
Suricata (Intrusion Detection System
Splunk (Enterprise Network Security)
The following resources may be of use:
Textbooks
Youtube Videos: CBT Nuggets, HakTip, etc
http://sectools.org/tag/vuln-scanners/
Plagiarism
All used sources must be properly acknowledged with references and citations, if you did not create it.
Quotations and paraphrasing are allowed but the sources must be acknowledged. Failure to do so is regarded as
plagiarism and the minimum penalty for plagiarism is failure for the assignment. The act of given your
assignment to another student is classified as a plagiarism offence. Copying large chucks and supplying a
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reference will result in zero marks as you have not contributed to the report. Copying from Youtube or other
videos is also plagiarism (including transcripts). Citation in a video can be included as credits at the end.
Due Date & Submission
The report is due at Week 7
By the due date, you must submit:
1. Name your file with your student number and name.
2. Upload Video on Youtube.
3. Video Link to MOODLE.
4. Fail to submit the video will result in a fail.
To upload on Youtube, you must create your account on youtube. If you have a google account (gmail), you
already have one on youtube. Videos must be of one of the following formats: .MOV, .MPEG4, MP4, .AVI,
.WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, .3GPP, and .WebM. Once you have an account, to upload your video, click on the
'upload' button located at the top right-hand corner of your youtube.com webpage. To keep your uploaded
video unsearchable by people so that random people cannot view your video(s), you have to select the
privacy mode from the drop-down menu on the upload screen to be 'Unlisted'. This way, your video is
viewable by only those who have got the URL of your video. Make sure you copy+paste your video URL in
MOODLE for your marker to be able to watch and mark it!
Late submission of assignments will be penalised as follows:
For assignments 1 to 5 days late, a penalty of 10% (of total available marks) per day.
For assignments more than 5 days late, a penalty of 100% will apply.
Your submission must be compatible with the software (PDF/Word/Video) in MIT, Computer
Laboratories/Classrooms.
Extensions: Under normal circumstances extensions will not be granted. In case of extenuating circumstances—
such as illness—a Special Consideration form, accompanied by supporting documentation, must be received before 3
working days from the due date. If granted, an extension will be only granted only by the time period stated on the
documentation; that is, if the illness medical certificate was for one day, an extension will be granted for one day only.
Accordingly the student must submit within that time limit.
Penalties may apply for late submission without an approved extension.
Penalties: Academic misconduct such as cheating and plagiarism incur penalties ranging from a zero result to
program exclusion.
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Marking criteria:
Marks are allocated as indicated on each question, taking the following aspects into account:
Aspects Description
Analysis (if appropriate) Investigation, comparison, discussion
Explanation/justification Description/answer to the question
Presentation Inadequate structure, careless presentation, poor writing
Reference style Proper referencing if required
Plagiarism Copy from another student, copy from internet source/textbook,
copy from other sources without proper acknowledgement
Marking Rubric for Exercise Answers
Grade
Mark
HD
80%+
D
70%-79%
CR
60%-69%
P
50%-59%
Fail
< 50%
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Analysis
Logic is clear and easy
to follow with strong
arguments
Consistency logical
and convincing
Mostly consistent
and convincing
Adequate cohesion
and conviction
Argument is
confused and
disjointed
Effort/Difficulties/
Challenges
The presented solution
demonstrated an
extreme degree of
difficulty that would
require an expert to
implement.
The presented solution
demonstrated a high
degree of difficulty
that would be an
advance professional
to implement.
The presented
solution
demonstrated an
average degree of
difficulty that
would be an
average
professional to
implement.
The presented solution
demonstrated a low
degree of difficulty
that would be easy to
implement.
The presented
solution
demonstrated a poor
degree of difficulty
that would be too
easy to implement.
Explanation/
justification
All elements are
present and well
integrated.
Components present
with good cohesion
Components
present and
mostly well
integrated
Most components
present
Lacks structure.
Reference style
Clear styles with
excellent source of
references.
Clear referencing/
style
Generally good
referencing/style
Unclear
referencing/style
Lacks consistency
with many errors
Presentation
Proper writing.
Professionally
presented
Properly spoken, with
some minor
deficiencies
Mostly good, but
some structure or
presentation
problems
Acceptable
presentation
Poor structure,
careless presentation