Introduction to Cybersecurity

This course provides an overview of the field of cybersecurity. It covers core cybersecurity topics including computer system architectures, critical infrastructures, cyber threats and vulnerabilities, cryptography, information assurance, network security, and risk assessment and management. Students are expected to become familiar with fundamental security concepts, technologies, and practices. This course provides a foundation for further study in cybersecurity.

Course Materials

The course contains ten cybersecurity laboratory assignments and a research paper. Please include the research paper and a few of the laboratory reports you generated for the class. The laboratory reports should contain the required artifacts illustrating the successful completion of cybersecurity-related activities. They should be formatted and written in a professional manner as if you were submitting them to executives in an organization.

The cybersecurity laboratories include the following:

• Performing reconnaissance and probing using common tools;
• Performing a vulnerability assessment;
• Enabling Windows Active Directory and user access controls;
• Using group policy objects and Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer for change control;
• Performing packet capture and traffic analysis;
• Implementing a business continuity plan;
• Using encryption to enhance confidentiality and integrity;
• Performing a website and database attack by exploiting identified vulnerabilities;
• Eliminating threats with a layered security approach; and
• Implementing an information systems security policy.

Short Research Paper #1

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Short Research Paper #2

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