Students present project identified in Capstone Preparation and submit a written report plus oral presentation to both faculty and host organization. Students will be assessed on clarity and content of written report and presentation. Host evaluation will account for a significant percentage of student’s final grade. Prerequisites: CYB 789 CYB 790 Syllabus
Prepares student for capstone experience. Drawing on skills learned, students will submit a written project proposal – with organization, timeline, learning objectives, and specific deliverables identified – for faculty approval. This course is a pre-requisite for the capstone course. Prerequisites: All seven core courses must be completed CYB 789 Syllabus
An in-depth study of modern cryptography. Topics include public key and private key cryptography, types of attacks, cryptanalysis, perfect secrecy, hashing, digital signatures, virtual private networks, and quantum key cryptography. Topics from number theory and discrete probability necessary for understanding current cryptosystems and their security will be covered. Prerequisites: CYB 710 CYB 775 Syllabus
Covers management of cybersecurity policies and strategies at the organizational, national, and transnational levels. Examines the convergence of information technology, communications/telecommunications, and policy making with regulatory branches and key domestic and international bodies. Includes development of organizational security preparation, process, and responses, and developing a disaster recovery program. Prerequisites: CYB 700, CYB 703, CYB 705,
Covers operating systems security infrastructure. Topics include, for a given operating system (Windows/Linux), updates and patches, access controls and account management, configuration management, hardening and securing services, and the use of scripting languages to automate security management. Additional topics may include auditing and forensics, virtualization and cloud computing. CYB 745 Syllabus
Covers protocol analysis, identification of malicious behavior in systems, and forensic investigations through event log aggregation, correlation and analysis. Students will analyze clips of wired and wireless network protocol analysis to discern methods of attacks and malicious activities. Prerequisites: CYB 703 CYB_735_Syllabus
Research, organize, and present technical information to audiences with varying goals and technical needs. Emphasis on ethics, critical thinking, listening skills, and feedback to develop effective messages utilizing verbal and nonverbal communication strategies and visual aids. Individual and group presentations and projects will emulate professional scenarios in cybersecurity. CYB 720 Syllabus
Introduces fundamentals of applied cryptography, including encryption and decryption, symmetric and asymmetric systems, pseudorandom functions, block ciphers, hash functions, common attacks, digital signatures, key exchange, message authentication and public key cryptography. Covers implementation of cryptographic systems in approved programming language, and survey of relevant mathematical concepts, including elementary number theory. CYB 710 Syllabus
Instruction on the process used to develop and maintain appropriate security levels for an organization with a focus on implementing a comprehensive security program, a documented set of security policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards. Topics include security planning, strategies, controls, and metrics for measuring the effectiveness. Prerequisite: CYB 700 CYB 707 Syllabus
Introduces fundamental concepts and design principles in cybersecurity. Students will understand what, why, and how to protect in the cyberworld. Topics include CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability), threats and adversaries, threat management techniques and defensive strategies, access control, security policies, critical controls, incident handling and contingency planning, risk assessment and management. CYB 700 Syllabus
