Courses

CY 645 ADVANCED DIGITAL FORENSICS   3.0 Credit(s)
This instructor-led course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and effectively use the AccessData forensic software tool set to conduct digital/computer forensic investigations. There will be a significant amount of hands-on, in-class work. At the completion of this course, each student will have the opportunity to take the AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE) test. Upon a successful completion of the test, the student will have earned the ACE certification. The AccessData forensic tools covered in this course include Forensic Toolkit (FTK), FTK Imager, Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK), and Registry Viewer. The platform for this course will be the Windows Operating System. Prerequisite: Take CY-635
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

CY 660 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CYBERSECURITY   3.0 Credit(s)
This is an open-ended course designed to focus on recent and emerging topics in cybersecurity. The contents of this course are driven by instructors' research expertise and/or recent trends in cybersecurity. Prerequisite: Take CY-626;
Offered: Fall & Late Spring Semesters All Years

CY 635 DIGITAL FORENSICS   3.0 Credit(s)
In this course students will learn how to understand and differentiate between file systems and operating systems; explain in detail the FAT file system; be exposed to the NTFS file system; identify Windows and registry artifacts; understand hashing and its uses in digital forensics; understand Fourth Amendment considerations when searching and seizing digital evidence, chain of custody; use hardware write blockers to perform data acquisitions using methods and tools discussed in class; perform basic data recovery; understand file signatures and its uses and be introduced to memory (RAM) forensics and analysis. Prerequisite: Take CS-505
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CY 627 SYSTEM SECURITY   3.0 Credit(s)
How do you secure the critical infrastructure that supports our cyber-security landscape? What threats and attacks do systems constantly face? This course will address these complex issues in securing the system & applications that run in today's organizations. Among the topics covered are: Secure System Hardening, Access Controls, Security System, Management, Secure Administration, Security Monitoring, Secure Back-ups, Application Security Concepts, Other security issues. Prerequisite: Take CY-626
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CY 626 INTRO TO CYBERSECURITY   3.0 Credit(s)
This introductory course provides a holistic view on the security aspects of the cyber space ecosystem. The course introduces students to cybersecurity foundations and cybersecurity first principles. Topics include CIA (confidentiality, integrity and availability) and AAA (authentication, authorization and accounting) framework, threats and adversaries, vulnerabilities and risk management, security life-cycle, data security, access control and security models, privacy, legal and ethical issues.
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CY 646 COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFO TECH   3.0 Credit(s)
This course will focus on identification, preservation, collection, analysis, and reporting techniques and tools used in the forensic examination of mobile devices such as cell phones and GPS units. Prerequisite: Take CY-635;
Offered: Spring & Late Spring Semesters All Years

CY 641 SECURING THE CLOUD   3.0 Credit(s)
Cloud computing is rapidly becoming a popular choice for hosting everything from entire operating systems, and software, to service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) applications such as websites, databases, email, data backup, and so forth. The course will provide an introduction to securing cloud technologies and applying best practices. Learn the unique challenges posed by this type of platform and how to properly configure and secure cloud based assets. Prerequisite: Take CY-622
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years

CY 622 NETWORK SECURITY I   3.0 Credit(s)
This laboratory-based course will focus on network defense concepts, tools and techniques. Topics such as defense in depth, network attacks, network hardening, firewalls, DMZ, VPN, proxy server, honeypots, secure network design, Data Loss Prevention, network forensics, and intrusion detection, prevention and response will be studied. This course will also cover network administration, network operations, and network security policies as they relate to network defense. Prerequisite: Take CS-504 CS-505
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CY 628 SECURITY MANAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course addresses complex issues in measuring and managing security within an organization and plans to improve the security posture. Topics include security leadership and management, security life-cycle management, information assurance standards and compliance, security governance, policy & information security program development, incident response and risk management, cybersecurity ethics, and privacy policies, laws and regulations. Prerequisite: Take CY-626
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CY 625 CRYPTOGRAPHY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers theoretical and practical aspects of modern applied computer cryptography. Topics include block and stream ciphers; hash functions, data authentication, and digital signatures. Special emphasis is given to public-key cryptosystems. The course includes use of various encryption methods in different programming systems. Prerequisite: Take CY-622
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CY 636 SECURE PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES   3.0 Credit(s)
It all starts with programmers: every computer system today runs some type of software in its core, and as a result is ground zero for all security concerns. Using Microsoft's proven Secure Development Lifecycle as a model, this course will provide an introduction on how to set up a secure development environment, go over best practice models, and secure programming techniques in Java or .NET frameworks, as well as common web application languages such as client-side JavaScript and SQL database programming. Prerequisite: Take CY-626
Offered: Fall & Late Spring Semesters All Years

CY 629 ETHICAL HACKING   3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the security threat of computer hacking and system vulnerabilities and exploits. The course will introduce techniques and hacking skills that black-hat hackers use to compromise systems. The class will teach students how to perform white-hat hacker and ethical hacking techniques to safeguard a computer network. Prerequisite: Take CY-622
Offered: Fall & Late Spring Semesters All Years

CY 639 VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course will provide lectures on vulnerability and compliance management for multiple systems and perform hands-on experience with Tenable Nessus (one of the industry-leading vulnerability and compliance scanning tools). It will provide students with a working knowledge and understanding of vulnerability and compliance management, and expose students to new system and application vulnerabilities that are identified on a daily basis and demonstrates the techniques for managing them. The purpose of this course is to teach students how to identify vulnerabilities, plan to remediate them, and track to make sure they do not return. Prerequisite: Take CY-626
Offered: Spring & Late Spring Semesters All Years

HR 618 HR AND SOCIETY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the intersection of human resource management (HRM) and society, examining how HRM practices are shaped by and influence societal trends and forces. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of HR in interacting with various stakeholders such as employees, customers, institutions, and the entire society while addressing contemporary social issues such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEi), employee and labor relations, technological advancement, workforce demographics, organizational ethics, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) or ESG.
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years

BUAN 681 FOUNDATIONS OF FINTECH   3.0 Credit(s)
The objective of the course is to learn about FinTech - the technologies that are disrupting traditional financial services - and how it is changing areas such as mobile payments, trading, lending, capital markets, and asset management. The course will survey emerging issues in FinTech, enabling students to understand key transformations happening in the financial services industry and the trends that will impact the industry in the future.
Offered: All Semesters All Years