Systems and Network Security (DCIT418), Digital Forensics and Cyber Security (DCIT409), Advanced Computer Networks (DCIT406), Network Servers and Infrastructure (DCIT423), Wireless Systems and Networks (DCIT428), Advanced Databases (DCIT404) — these are the courses that make employers notice you. Labs here mirror real-world scenarios: detect and respond to live attacks, investigate a forensic disk image, conduct a structured penetration test, build and harden a production server, configure multi-instance network routing, analyse wireless attack captures, and manage a primary-replica database cluster. By the end you have practicals that go straight into your CV and final-year project portfolio.
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🚀 Try “Network Security Analysis and Threat Detection” for freeSet up Suricata IDS on a live server, write detection rules from scratch, generate realistic attack traffic against your own environment, and respond to alerts. This is the practical core of DCIT418 Systems and Network Security — the kind of work a security analyst does every day.
Work through a structured forensic investigation using a pre-prepared disk image containing evidence of a real-world incident scenario. You will apply the tools and methodology used by professional forensic analysts — chain of custody, file recovery, timeline analysis, and a written report. Aligned with DCIT409 Digital Forensics and Cyber Security.
Conduct a structured ethical penetration test against a deliberately vulnerable target on AWS. You will move through every phase — passive recon, active scanning, vulnerability identification, controlled exploitation, and a professional report. Aligned with DCIT418 and DCIT409. All activity stays within the authorised lab environment.
Build a complete production-grade server from an empty Ubuntu instance — web server, application server, database, SSL, automated backups, monitoring, and intrusion prevention. Then harden each layer. This is the practical core of DCIT423 Network Servers and Infrastructure and directly matches what junior sysadmins and DevOps engineers do on their first week.
Configure and analyse an advanced multi-instance network environment. You will set up static routing between subnets, implement firewall segmentation with iptables, deploy SNMP monitoring, simulate link failure and recovery, and document the full topology. Aligned with DCIT406 Advanced Computer Networks.
Work through a series of real wireless network capture files to identify security weaknesses, recognise attack signatures, compare protocol generations, and design appropriate defences. Aligned with DCIT428 Wireless Systems and Networks — all analysis runs in your Kali Linux browser terminal using real pcap files from real attack scenarios.
Manage a PostgreSQL cluster the way a production DBA does. You will configure streaming replication between two EC2 instances, simulate a primary failure and promote the standby, perform backup and restore, optimise slow queries, and implement row-level security. Built around DCIT404 Advanced Databases.
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