CSEC501 CYBER SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION SECURITY

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, the students will be expected to learn the following key principles of Cyber Systems and Information Security:

• Key terminology of cyber security such as threat, attack, vulnerability, risk, …
• Information security policies and procedures
• The fundamental concepts of cryptography
• Authentication
• Authorization and access control polices
• Network vulnerabilities and defense mechanisms
• Web application attacks and defense mechanisms
• Human threats and social engineering
• Wireless security and cyber security in mobile environment
• The legal aspects of a computer forensics
• Security management

Course Content

This course will cover fundamentals of cyber systems and information security. The course provides a strong foundation in cyber systems and information security. The focus of the course is security and risk management, asset security, identity and access management, security assessment and testing, cryptography, penetration testing, mobile security, social engineering, legal and ethical issues.

Course Learning Outcomes

This course emphasizes on the concepts in the field of computer and information security. The course is plan to introduce students to the fundamentals of computer security and applied cryptography. This course is designed to make students familiar with: i) various authentication and authorization methods; ii) understanding network, web, application and mobile vulnerabilities and their current defenses; iii) encryption solutions to protect data availability, confidentiality and integrity.  Students will also learn the fundamental methodology for analyze security systems, model available threats and provide security solutions.