2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

CY 221 Foundations of Cybersecurity

This course provides a holistic perspective on the structure of the cyberspace ecosystem and methods and techniques in building a functional cyberspace that is secure and resilient. Topics include cybersecurity first principles covering confidentiality, integrity, availability, risk, cybersecurity ethics, forensics, adversarial thinking, authentication and access control, systems thinking, and security management.