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CIS 423 - Information and Cybersecurity


Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

Study of the underlying mathematics of cryptography for network security, authentication and user identification throughout the TCP/IP layers.  Review of malware structures and code, and investigation of computer laboratory security setups and computer espionage tactics as well as review of the range of products available for protecting and detecting network intrusions.  Mobile system security also investigated. Work in teams to establish closed networks to investigate network attack and defend hands-on techniques.   Prerequisite(s): CIS 321