CSCI 564 - Applied Cybersecurity

Fall or Spring Credits: (3) Prerequisite(s): Unix/Linux command line; Basic networking; Languages: C, Javascript, PHP, SQL

This is a systems-level security course involving hands-on labs, lecture, student presentations and a term project. Students will learn about secure systems design, vulnerabilities and how to defend against attacks to network, hardware and software components covering security issues and defenses from IoT to the cloud. Lab exercises will teach students how vulnerabilities work and how to document and mitigate them.. Cross-listed with CSCI 464