SEC 1034 - Introduction to Cybersecurity

• Students will be able to explain the notions of threats and harm, vulnerabilities, attacks and attackers, and countermeasures in the realm of cybersecurity.
• Students will be able to explain the role of authentication, access control and cryptography in computer security.
• Students will be able to discuss typical vulnerabilities in software.
• Students will be able to illustrate how the path from a user’s web browser to a remote web site can be a chain of vulnerable components instead of a direct secure link.
• Students will be able to summarize the importance of trust and confidence in a computer’s operating system.
• Students will be able to explain the importance of network security and how it builds on concepts such as encryption and access control.
• Students will be able to define risk analysis and explain its importance in cybersecurity.
• Students will be able to explain how security, privacy, technology and information interact with each other.
• Students will be able to describe the management aspects and processes of computing security, such as risk analysis and incident response.
• Students will be able to describe how law and ethics apply to computer security.