Introduction to Cybersecurity

Catalog description

This course is to introduce the fundamental concepts in cybersecurity. The courser will first introduce the vulnerabilities of computer systems and networks and then lead students to understand the fundamental principles in security using cases and examples. Various risk management strategies for organizations will then be introduced. In addition, the course will introduce methods to identify the potential threats from inside and outside of an organization and to deploy security technologies to mitigate the threats. Privacy, ethical and legal issues related to cybersecurity will be discussed. Students will gain hand-on experience by investigating security problems through laboratory exercises.