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Subject name: Cyber Security |
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This course will introduce main concepts in cybersecurity, and specifically: information and risk; threats and attacks; cybersecurity architecture and operations; secure systems and products; and cybersecurity management. It will also cover Cryptography: Secret key cryptography, Public key cryptography, Hash functions, MAC, digital signatures; and Advanced topics in security, biometric techniques. Students will be able to: • understand that information is vulnerable to threats in systems • define the concepts of confidentiality, availability, and integrity as they relate to information security • typical threats, attacks, and exploits and the motivations behind them • high-level understanding of how example attacks work (e.g., DDOS, phishing, and buffer overflow) • differentiate between controls to protect systems availability and reliability, controls to protect information, and controls to manage human behavior • describe defensive programming and cite examples such as input-checking • identify common trade-offs and compromises that are made in the design and development process • describe the various tools that can be used in cybersecurity management • demonstrate awareness of ethical concerns
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