{"id":141,"date":"2026-03-23T21:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyberimpact1\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2026-05-02T06:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:03:01","slug":"cyse-300","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/cyse-300\/","title":{"rendered":"CYSE 300"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to Cybersecurity<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>CYSE 300 provides a comprehensive overview of computer and network security, focusing on the protection of sensitive and proprietary information. The course introduces students to key security concepts, including system vulnerabilities, threat detection, and the fundamentals of digital forensics and disaster recovery. It also explores the growing impact of cybercrime as technology becomes more advanced, highlighting how offenders are shifting toward more sophisticated, profit-driven attacks. In addition, the course examines important legal and ethical issues, including privacy rights and access to information, while emphasizing strategies for preventing and responding to security threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course incorporated weekly hands-on labs and module-based quizzes designed to reinforce key concepts and ensure consistent knowledge retention. In addition to these practical exercises, I completed two research papers that further developed my understanding of cybersecurity principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second paper, I was tasked with designing a security policy for a corporate information system that included on-premises web, application, and database servers. The database systems were assumed to store highly sensitive data, requiring strong protection measures. As part of the assignment, I conducted research using the ODU library and other credible sources to identify and analyze five critical issues that should be addressed within an effective security policy. This project strengthened my ability to apply research to real-world scenarios and develop structured, security-focused solutions. The second paper is linked on this page as an example of my work.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41015\/2026\/05\/Short-Research-Paper-2.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Short-Research-Paper-2<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Cybersecurity CYSE 300 provides a comprehensive overview of computer and network security, focusing on the protection of sensitive and proprietary information. The course introduces students to key security concepts, including system vulnerabilities, threat detection, and the fundamentals of&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/cyse-300\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24883,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincent-eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}