Registered for Spring 2026

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Cyber Defense Fundamentals

This course introduces students to cyber security and defense. The course will primarily focus on cybersecurity theory, information protection and assurance, and computer systems and networks security. This course provides the essentials for understanding the security threats to information systems, the methods to counter these threats, and the state-of-the-art implementations and applications of cybersecurity systems. The objectives are to

• understand the basic security models, concepts, possible attacks, and cryptographic applications,
•  learn basic mathematic knowledge and tools for building, analyzing, and attacking modern cryptographic systems,
• understand cryptographic algorithms for symmetrical encryption, public key encryption, hash function and digital signature,
• gain hands-on experience in implementing and applying cryptographic algorithms,
• understand security fundamental principles, and
• understand Internet security protocol and standards.

Course Material

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