Cybersecurity

Catalog description

This course provides the foundation for understanding the key issues associated with ethically protecting information processing systems. The course covers key terminology, system concepts, and current cyber threats to organizations and individuals. The course provides a high-level overview of cybersecurity challenges and counter measures, and introduces the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) framework for designing and analyzing secure systems. Other topics include essential security concepts, software security, network attacks and countermeasures, and practical cryptography. Prerequisites: COSC 1437 .