Cyber Defense

Catalog description

This course offers an overview of security issues in networks, applications, and operating systems and demonstrates how current and future commercial systems may be designed to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It covers principles and methods of discovering and exploiting security vulnerabilities. This course provides students with real world cybersecurity scenarios in a virtual lab environment. Students will learn to apply academically sound cyber defense strategies to mitigate cyber vulnerabilities in simulated environments. Best practices in securing systems, applications, and networks will be reviewed in depth after students complete the virtual lab assignments.