Principles of Cybersecurity

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course explores several aspects of modern security systems, risk management, security policies, and covers an overview of digital forensics. The course begins with a definition of what information security is, the need for security policies and controls, then moves into security management, risk management, incident response and planning, discussion of ethical and legal issues surrounding security, and into technical aspects of security to include authentication, authorization, security appliances, cryptography, ending with an overview of digital forensics along with security maintenance and auditing.