2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

CY 367 Network Security

This course introduces students to different concepts, tools, and techniques in effectively securing connections between different components, both physical and logical, of a network. By participating in a number of hands-on activities, students will learn to protect an organization’s network and components, from various cybersecurity threats and manage risks to support a successful accomplishment of its mission. Topics covered include conventional encryption and message confidentiality, public key cryptography and message authentication, network-based threats, firewalling and access control, intrusion detection and prevention systems.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CS 339 or CY 211