Cybersecurity Foundations

Catalog description

This course will prepare students for in-depth study and competency building in cybersecurity. Through hands-on work in understanding and applying cybersecurity frameworks and guidelines, students will explore general concepts, current standards and practices, and terminology. Students will be introduced to the most common cybersecurity functions, current and emerging cyber threats, challenges and solutions. The course will engage students in basic solutions design and applying techniques, using current case studies to introduce them to the operational factors, both non-technical and technical that address exposures and responses to cyber threats.