Evaluating Cybersecurity

Catalog description

This course teaches students the underlying principles and many of the techniques associated with the cybersecurity practice known as penetration testing or ethical hacking. The course will provide the fundamental information associated with each of the methods employed and insecurities identified. In all cases, remedial techniques will be explored. Students will develop an excellent understanding of current cybersecurity issues and ways that user, administrator, and programmer errors can lead to exploitable insecurities. Lecture Hours: 3 Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit College Restrictions: School of Comp & Cyber Science Course Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture Schedule Type (Additional): Asynchronous Instruction Click here for the Schedule of Classes.