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    • Section 1
      • Week 1: Course Introduction
      • Week 2: Access Controls
      • Week 3: Systems Software Security
      • Week 4: Applications Software Security
      • Week 5: Cryptography Protocols
      • Week 6: Practical Cryptography
      • Week 7: Midterm Exam
    • Section 2
      • Week 8: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
      • Week 9: Security Operations
      • Week 10: Physical & Environmental Security
      • Week 11: Security Architecture & Design
      • Week 12: – Network Protocols
      • Week 13: Telecommunications and Network Security
      • Week 14: Risk Management and Compliance
      • Week 15: Final Exam
  • Course Material
    • Case Studies
      • C2.1 (9/12)
      • C4.1 (9/26)
      • C6.1 (10/10)
      • C8.1 (10/24)
      • C9.1 (10/31)
      • C10.1 (11/7)
      • C11.1 (11/14)
    • Practical Assignments
      • PA1.1 (Due 9/12)
      • PA2.1 (Due 9/26)
      • PA4.1 (Due 10/3)
      • PA5 (Due 10/17)
        • PA5.1
        • PA5.2
        • PA5.3
      • PA8.1 (Due 10/31)
      • PA9.1 (Due 11/7)
      • PA10.1 (Due 11/7)
      • PA11.1 ( Due 11/24)
      • PA12.1 (Due 11/28)
      • PA13 (Due 12/5)
        • PA13.1
        • PA13.2
        • PA13.3
    • Written Assignments
      • WA2.1 (Due 9/19)
      • WA3.1 (Due 9/26)
      • WA4.1 (Due 10/3)
      • WA6.1 (Due 10/17)
      • WA8.1 (Due 10/31)
      • WA9.1 (Due 11/7)
      • WA10.1 (Due 11/14)
      • WA12.1 (Due 11/28)
      • WA13.1 (Due 12/5)
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ITACS 5209

Temple University

Week 4 Case Study

Read the following whitepaper by F5: https://f5.com/resources/white-papers/web-application-vulnerabilities-and-avoiding-application-exposure

F5 develops security appliances, such as firewalls, proxy servers, spam filters and content switches.  Since this whitepaper is written by a commercial entity to market their product, we should take their findings with a grain of salt.  But, after reading this whitepaper, and doing some additional research, do you think this product could help mitigate some of the issues we discussed in the previous sections of the course?  Summarize your findings after reviewing this paper, and facilitate a discussion about the use of appliances from companies like F5, their value, effectiveness, and ROI.

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