Cybersecurity

Overview of contemporary systems programming concepts, tools, and techniques. Shell programming, systems administration tools, distributed systems, and internet concepts.

Overview of contemporary systems programming concepts, tools, and techniques. Shell programming, systems administration tools, distributed systems, and internet concepts.

How computer programs are executed by stored program computers. Topics include Boolean logic, design of combinational and sequential logic circuits, number systems and computer arithmetic, HW design and organization of a CPU, machine, and assembly language programming.

Exploration of how and why information security laws and policies are developed and managed. Students learn about existing state and federal laws and explore social and ethical issues related to information technology and computing in society.

The concepts and practices of data communications and networking to provide the student with an understanding of the hardware. 

Discrete probability, Information theory, Symmetric Cryptography, Introductory Number Theory, Asymmetric Cryptography, Standard Cryptographic Primitives, Cryptographic Protocols.

Topics include encryption systems, network security, electronic commerce, systems threats, and risk avoidance procedures.

Principles, techniques, and practices involved in building security into software systems including security requirements analysis, secure design, secure coding and security testing, verification, and risk.

Introduction to computer crime and the study of the evidence for solving computer-based crimes. Topics: computer crime, computer forensics and methods for handling evidence.

Software specification recovery and malicious software analysis. Tools and techniques for analyzing compiled programs and communications in the absence of documentation.

Basic and advanced concepts in cryptography and network security: symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, key management, wired and wireless network security protocols, and network systems security.

This course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge of basic cyberspace operations concepts and methodologies. Graduates should be able to assist in the analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of management, engineering, and operational approaches to solve complex problems within cyberspace, defensive and offensive.