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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

CYS 501 Fundamentals of CyberSecurity

Credits: 3 (3-1-0) Prerequisites: None

This is a broad introductory course to CyberSecurity that covers a wide

range of topics including security principles, authentication, cryptography,

operating systems security, security models, software security, network

security, …etc. The students will be asked to conduct some research and

execute.

CYS 502 Foundations of Cryptography

Credits: 3 (3-1-0) Prerequisites: CYS501

A deep introduction to cryptography and cryptographic algorithms and

applications to computer and network security. Topics covered include

Symmetric key cryptography, Public Key Cryptography, hashing algorithms,

pseudo randomness, perfect secrecy, computationally secure algorithms.

CYS 503 Privacy in a Digital Networked World

Credits: 3 (3-1-0) Prerequisites: CYS502

This course concentrates on privacy issues in the context of global

connectivity. It starts by discussing the relation between privacy and

security and describes the reality in today’s world where almost everybody

is connected to some sort of network. It then develops a framework to

reason about privacy, followed by measures to protect privacy at all levels.

CYS 504 Threats, Exploits and Countermeasures

Credits: 3 (3-1-0) Prerequisites: CYS503

This course covers in depth the types of threats, vulnerabilities and the

types of attacks that may arise through exploits. It describes approaches

to discover vulnerabilities and protect systems against threats and attacks.

It also covers penetration testing, exploits, secure coding techniques,

cryptographic attacks, infrastructure threats and countermeasures for all

types of attacks.

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