Minor in Cybersecurity

1502170

 Introduction to Cybersecurity

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

None

Description: This course will introduce all aspects of cyber-security including business, policy and procedures, communications security, network security, security management, legal issues, political issues, technical issues, job and market prospects in cyber security. This serves as the introduction to the cyber security track in computer engineering department.

1502271

Introduction to Cryptography

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

1502170 – Intro. to Cybersecurity AND 1502111 -- Discrete Math for Engineers

Description: The course focuses on how to secure computer systems. More specifically, students learn how to design and deploy confidentiality services, integrity verification services and access control services to both computer and communication systems. Cryptographic hashing, symmetric and public key cryptosystems are covered in details. Mathematical principles underlying encryption and various codebreaking techniques are also covered. The course also covers the deployment of cryptographic products and protocols in digital systems and metrics to quantify their effectiveness in protecting the system.

1502475

Network Security and Protocols

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

1502346 – Comp. Comm. & Networks

AND (1502271 – Intro. to Cryptography OR 1502444 Computer and Network Security)

Description: The course discusses security attacks in computer networks and the vulnerability of networking protocols at the MAC, IP, transport, and application layers to these attacks. The course also discusses concepts and techniques for identifying, mitigating, and defending against security attacks in computer networks. The course includes programming-based implementation of security attacks as well as conducting them in virtualized network environments. The course also discusses IPSec, VPNs, DNS security, and Firewalls.

1502373

Information Security Management

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

1502170 - Introduction to Cybersecurity

Description: This course provides students with an insight into the fundamentals of managing modern information systems and their security operations. Topics include security policies and procedures, models and programs for designing and implementing security, risk management, access management and investigation, as well as legal and ethical implications of security management.

1502270

Database Security

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

(1502111 – Discrete Math. For Eng. OR 1501279 Discrete Structures OR 1440262 Mathematics for Engineers)

Description: The course covers basic concepts of database management systems and known security threats on the data confidentiality and integrity. The topics include database models, SQL, mandatory and recommended access controls mechanisms, design of database with security in mind, protecting the integrity of data, protecting the security of database transactions, and database integrity rules. Topics on security of distributed databases and cloud databases will also be addressed.

1502371

Secure Software Design and Development

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

1502170 - Introduction to Cybersecurity

Description: This course covers the design and implementation of secure software. Some of the topics covered are the characteristics of secure software, the role of security in the development lifecycle, designing secure software, and best security programming practices. Security for web and mobile applications will be covered.

1502372

Introduction to Digital Forensics

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

1502170 - Introduction to Cybersecurity

Description: This course introduces digital forensics and cybercrime investigations. It covers the basic steps to conduct a digital forensic investigation, such as evidence gathering, preservation and analysis and presenting digital evidence to legal authorities. It also presents the tools used to find and analyze digital evidence on a variety of devices. Topics also cover laws and regulations in digital forensics.

1502471

Internet and Web Security

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

1502271 - Introduction to Cryptography

Description: The course provides an overview of the methodologies for developing secure web-based applications. More specifically, the course addresses various security vulnerabilities of web applications and how to protect web-based applications from cyber-attacks. Topics covered in this course includes: web application developments, basic network security mechanisms and tools, webservers and how to secure them, and securing e-commerce applications. Additionally, security issues related to web databases applications and collaborative Web applications, will be studied.

1502473

Ethical Hacking

Credit hour 3

Prerequisite:

1502170 - Introduction to Cybersecurity

Description: This course provides a basic understanding of penetration testing and ethical hacking techniques. In security testing, an ethical hacker with legal permissions attempts to penetrate a system or systems to find a weak link and then analyze ways to correct the security flaws. Students will learn some of the exploitation techniques and tools used for ethical hacking. The course also covers recommended solutions to correct these flaws and protect systems and networks from potential attacks.