Course Descriptions
CORE 400/500 Cyber Systems Thinking
An introduction to systems thinking, lateral thinking, and resilience thinking as they relate to cybersecurity. Topics include understanding the complexity/interconnectedness of cybersecurity, applying lateral thinking in solving cyber problems, interacting among people, processes, and technologies, and managing disturbances/surprises/uncertainty to be more resilient.
CORE 401/501 Cyber Risk Assessment
A study of risk assessment and management techniques, methods, and models used in industry to minimize, control and communicate risks, including NIST and OWASP.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 402/502 Cyber Threat Modeling
A study of the practice of identifying and prioritizing potential threats and security mitigations to protect something of value.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 503 Information Assurance
An introduction to the practice of using people, process, technology, and metrics to assure security of information and risk management.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 410/510 Applied Cybersecurity Programming
An introduction to Python and PowerShell, and how these can be used to simplify cyber-related tasks.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 411/511 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
An overview of how machine learning and artificial intelligence can be applied to cybersecurity.Â
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 512 Introduction to Deep Learning in Cybersecurity
An introduction to deep learning algorithms and how to design deep learning for cyber security.
PREREQ: CORE 511. COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 413/513 Internet of Things Architecture
An introduction to embedded systems, basic concepts of IoT, and making smart things. This covers IoT architecture including sensor, hardware, firmware, internet connection, and data mining.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 514 Cyber Informed Engineering
An overview of how to embed cyber security in systems design.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 420/520 Cyber Security Operations Center
An overview of centralized security functions where people, processes, and technology are employed to continuously monitor and improve an organization’s security posture while preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 421/521 Cyber Business and Regulatory Operations
An introduction to existing regulations that companies and organizations must follow to safeguard information and systems.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 422/522 Cyber Red and Blue Teams
A study of how to think like a blue team and how to think like a red team.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 540 Zero Trust Architecture
A study of practical cybersecurity architecture and zero trust architecture. Topics include, creating a security architecture, what is and what is not zero trust architecture, building relevant views to a zero trust architecture (including network, user, data and attacker views), when and where zero trust architecture can be broken, and what zero trust can strengthen. This course takes a practical view of security architecture and zero architecture issues that can be applied in any environment.
PREREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 450/550 Cyber Threat Intelligence
A study and experimentation of platforms, open-source tools, and techniques for cyber threat intelligence. The connection between cyber threat intelligence and risk assessment. Advanced practicum in artificial intelligence applications in cyber threat intelligence.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 551 Cyber Warfare and Conflicts
An examination of cyber warfare and conflicts. An international issue that spans across nation-state borders and how it impacts cyber and physical infrastructure interdependencies.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 552 Cyber Digital and Signal Intelligence
A study of cryptographic mechanisms and cryptographic threat assessments to critical information infrastructures. Topics include the advances in electronics hardware, software, network, and quantum computing. Side-channel attacks and signal intelligence/collection.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 460/560 Cyber Resilience Systems Design
A study of resilient systems, networks and infrastructure design on the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses, attacks, or compromises.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 561 Network Design and Exploitation Techniques
A study of information technology and industrial networking exploitation. An examination of advances in network attacks and exploitation techniques. Analyze the layers of design to increase infrastructure interconnection network resiliency.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 562 Resilience Coding and Architecture of Devices
A study and application of how low-level hardware and software can be exploited and defended. The architecture of devices and systems for resiliency. The use of secure coding and defense against counterfeiting devices.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 470/570 Cyber Risk Management
An overview of cyber security risk management frameworks and practices. Students will model cybersecurity risks and apply both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods.
CORE 571 Cyberlaw, Ethics, and Policy
An examination of laws, regulations, ethics, policy, and executive orders for data protection and privacy. Topics include national security issues, ethics, data protection, digital forensics, physical evidence, incident response, and event administration and management.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 572 Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance
A study and application of organization cyber governance, risk, and compliance management in cyberspace. Learners will look into the business context of key stakeholders, corporate culture, and organization risks. Industry standards and frameworks will be used.
COREQ: CORE 500.
CORE 578 Teaching
One semester/one course composed of supervised cyber and physical resilience teaching at regional community college or university. (Pass/Fail.)
CORE 579 Certification
Obtain one industry certification. (Pass/Fail.)
- Certified SCADA Security Architect (CSSA)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification
- Certified Project Manager (PMP)
- Kali Linux Certified Professional (KLCP)
- Certified Red Team Operations Professional (CRTOP)
CORE 591 Project
Execution of a substantial exercise that demonstrates the ability to successfully and independently carry out a professional activity similar to what is encountered in the professional workplace; archival of the results of the project is required according to standards approved by the Graduate College. May be repeated for credit. (Pass/Fail.)
For the most recent version of these course descriptions, please view the graduate catalog.