CSC (0145) 650 - Cybersecurity Concepts

Credits: 3.00

Students will receive an extensive introduction to cybersecurity. Students will learn to apply cybersecurity concepts like offensive and defensive models, law and ethics, principles of secure design, authentication and access control, human factors, vulnerability management, cryptography, standards, and will be introduced to follow-up courses in digital forensics and threat analysis.

Course Learning Goals: After completion of this course, students will be able to:
O1: Read and communicate about cybersecurity.
O2: Define, explain, and apply the concepts of authentication, access control and audit, principles of security design, legal, ethical, and privacy concerns.
O3: Define cryptography, be able to identify and explain elements that are crucial in implementing cryptographic solutions, and be able to explain basic cryptographic applications.
O4: Define, explain, and discuss human factors in cybersecurity, as well as administrative controls and standardization.
O5: Explain and analyze network security technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, network access control, data loss prevention, etc.
O6: Articulate the subject matter and relevance of our cybersecurity courses.