Course Description:

This cyber security course teaches the tools and techniques used by attackers and defenders in all critical aspects of the cyber domain. The course builds
on fundamentals in reverse engineering, attack techniques, and human dimensions of cyber security to design sophisticated attack and defense scenarios. The students of this course will be participating in national cyber competitions as a means to perform and strengthen learned skills.

Outcomes:

1. Create and implement Cyber defense strategic plan for various regional and national Cyber security competitions
2. Design a secure, sound and efficient network infrastructure Analyze and examine system log for attack and intrusion evidence
3. Develop an appropriate Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity (DR/BC) implementation plan
4. Analyze and examine data packets using various sniffer and packet analysis software
5. Assess application vulnerabilities and validate system and data integrity
6. Demonstrate advanced Linux techniques for securing network communications