CBSY 100 - Cybersecurity Fundamentals 3 Credit: (1 lecture, 2 lab, 0 clinical) 3 Contact Hours: [CSTC 127 ]
This course prepares students for a job in the cybersecurity field by giving students the knowledge and skills required to detect and analyze indicators of malicious activity, understand threat intelligence and threat management, respond to attacks and vulnerabilities, perform incident response, and report and communicate related activity. Students will be prepared to take the CompTIA CySA+ certification exam upon completion of the course.
Semesters Offered: fall semesters
Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Manage security operations.
- Improve processes in security operations.
- Differentiate between threat intelligence and threat hunting concepts.
- Identify and analyze malicious activity using the appropriate tools and techniques.
Goal 2: Administer vulnerability management.
- Implement and analyze vulnerability assessments.
- Distinguish vulnerabilities.
- Identify actions to mitigate attacks.
Goal 3: Plan incident response and management.
- Apply updated concepts of attack methodology frameworks.
- Perform incident response activities.
- Understand the incident management lifecycle.
Goal 4: Manage reporting and communication.
- Apply communication best practices in vulnerability management and incident response.
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