Introduction to Cybersecurity

Catalog description

This course provides students with foundation for future learning in information security. Students will be exposed to information security terminology and concepts and apply them through labs and exercises throughout the course. First, students will be given a recap of networking concepts related to information system including the OSI/Internet models and TCP/IP protocol suite. Subsequently, the class will learn of different threats and motivations as well as the types of cyber attacks. Attacks covered in the course include, malware, protocol based attacks (spoofing, session hijacking, caches poisoning, etc.), Denial-of-Service, and attacks on the web. Also included in this course are psychological aspects of information security, vulnerabilities of computer networks, and cyber warfare. Prerequisite(s): B FOR 203.