(= C YBR 242) Cybersecurity

Catalog description

The purpose of this class is to acquaint students with the policy issues associated with cybersecurity, this includes issues like cyber-attacks, network security, incident response, cyber crime, cyber espionage, and cyber conflict. Students will look at how government agencies and private sector entities assess and respond to the changing cybersecurity landscape – how they assess the risks they face, how they manage those risks through security procedures and practices, and how they mitigate the impact of attacks that do happen on their systems. Only one of C YBR 242/C EHC 242 and C YBR 101 may be taken for credit. Prerequisites(s): C EHC/R PAD 101 or C INF 124X.