Cyber Attacks and Defense

Catalog description

This course provides students with insight on common cyber-attacks and the techniques for identifying, detecting and defending against cybersecurity threats. The course will cover firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, authentication, ciphers, cryptography, etc. The course presents emerging technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing and multimedia protocols. This course also discusses critical infrastructures and how to protect them. Prerequisite : CSSS 2410.