CSCI 427 - Cybersecurity

4 Credit(s)

This course provides an in-depth study of network attack techniques and methods to defend against them. Areas of study include communication security, infrastructure security, social engineering, cryptography, operational and organizational security as it relates to network hardware, software and data. Topics include authentication, confidentiality, integrity, virtual private networks, email protection, web security, wireless security, firewalls, intrusion detection, cryptography, disaster recovery and computer forensics regarding networked systems. In addition, this course combines an ethical methodology with the hands-on application of security tools to better help students to secure and defend their systems, as well as to investigate and diagnose security breaches. Students are introduced to common countermeasures that effectively reduce and/or mitigate attacks. This class is designed to help students prepare for professional careers in the information security field and the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification exam. The course contains a lab component where students will conduct a variety of security based hands-on activities using open source actual or virtual systems.

Prerequisite(s):
CSCI 206 with Minimum Grade C- OR T

AND

CSCI 335 with Minimum Grade C- OR T