CS 5030 : Networks & Cybersecurity

CS 5030: Networks & Cybersecurity

Semester Hours:   3.0
Contact Hours:   3
Coordinator:   Sankardas Roy
Text:   Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
Author(s):   Kuros and Ross
Year:   2017

SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION

Catalog Description

This course provides an intensive study in the fundamentals of networks/networking and cybersecurity. Cannot be counted towards MS in CS. Approved for distance learning. Prerequisites: Admission to MS in CS program or permission of instructor.

Course type: REQUIRED

SPECIFIC COURSE GOALS

• Justify the need for, and describe the working of, layered protocol suites, such as TCP/IP.
• Motivate the need for and summarize the details of service architectures, such as web services and micro-services
• Evaluate the performance of routing protocols
• Use basic cybersecurity tools
• Explain common privacy and security issues of using various devices
• Deploy counter measures to various privacy and security issues

LIST OF TOPICS COVERED

• Computer Networks (~ 50%)
  • Layered Protocol Architectures
  • TCP/IP
  • Client-Server Applications
  • Transport and Routing
  • Service Architectures
  • Multimedia
  • Wi-Fi and Cell Networks
• Cybersecurity (~ 50%)
  • Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
  • Ethical issues
  • CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
  • Security issues in networks and devices
  • Security issues in social networks
  • Common attack schemes
  • Protecting personal devices