Cybersecurity Threat Detection

Catalog description

Students will examine various methods used to threaten our Cyber systems such as: viruses; spoofing; denial of service; fraud; theft; phishing; spy bots; spam; Trojan horses; email and active malware attachments; viral applications; hardware (computers and portable storage devices) with built in viruses or trap-doors; fake websites; as well as eaves dropping via wireless networks; criminal access to national, corporate or personal data; and the growing loss of privacy over social networks. Prerequisite : CSSS 5000 or CSSS 5100* (*If in the Artificial Intelligence or Data Analytics emphasis).