Topic: Applied Cyber Defense and Operations

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare students for skills and knowledge to monitor, analyze and respond to network security issues. Students will learn about system administration, network security, and incident response techniques. In addition, students will learn to work as a team to resolve network security incidences and to respond to organizational management requests. The course aims to train students to perform the role as a security operation center (SOC) analyst by simulating real-world scenarios in a virtualized network environment, such as the one for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC). Students who took this class are expected to participate in CCDC and similar events for additional experience.