IT/CYSE 200T

Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society

Students in IT/CYSE 200T will explore how technology is related to cybersecurity from an interdisciplinary orientation.  Attention is given to the way that technologically-driven cybersecurity issues are connected to cultural, political, legal, ethical, and business domains. The learning outcomes for this course are as follows:

  1. Describe how cyber technology creates opportunities for criminal behavior,
  2. Identify how cultural beliefs interact with technology to impact cybersecurity strategies,
  3. Understand and describe how the components, mechanisms, and functions of cyber systems produce security concerns,
  4. Discuss the impact that cyber technology has on individuals’ experiences with crime and victimization,
  5. Understand and describe ethical dilemmas, both intended and unintended, that cybersecurity efforts, produce for individuals, nations, societies, and the environment,
  6. Describe the costs and benefits of producing secure cyber technologies,
  7. Understand and describe the global nature of cybersecurity and the way that cybersecurity efforts have produced and inhibited global changes,
  8. Describe the role of cybersecurity in defining definitions of appropriate an inappropriate behavior,
  9. Describe how cybersecurity produces ideas of progress and modernism.

Course Material

Students in this course have completed a number of activities including an reflection essay, weekly technology and cybersecurity journal,  and several quizzes and exams. Please include some of these artifacts on this page, particularly the reflection essay, explaining what you did and how these projects helped you engage with the outcomes listed above.

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  • The CIA Triad

    BLUF: This paper provides a description of the CIA Triad, as well as the difference between Authentication and Authorization. CIA The Triad is made up of three components. Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Confidentiality Confidentiality means the protection of information from unauthorized access. This includes addresses, passwords, credit cards, and other personal information. Integrity Integrity is……

  • Incident Response Policy

    BLUF: This document contains the guidelines for Incident Response for our organization, Aquatic Activity Inc. Incident Identification The type of attack must have a specific classification (ransomware, malware, etc.). Each incident will be labeled based off severity criteria (Low, Medium, High, Critical). This will prevent delays in response and give the response team better information….…

  • Human Error: Security Breaches and How to Prevent Them

    Organizations, (especially large ones), are at a greater security risk today than they have been ever before. In the growing cyber world, the avenues for attack are growing at an exponential rate. To combat this, it takes a large team of people constantly conducting surveillance. Unfortunately, people are not perfect. Mistakes are going to be……