Cybersecurity Minor
Learn to develop and understand the security components of technology environments. Find solutions for networking and security problems while balancing business concerns and technical issues.
Why Minor in Cybersecurity?
Computer and network security as well as security policies and privacies have become critical issues in businesses and private lives. The Cybersecurity minor will provide students an opportunity to gain the necessary skills to develop and understand the security components of technology environments. It explores the concepts of confidentiality, availability, and integrity in Information Assurance, as well as guides students to develop the necessary solutions for networking and security problems, balancing business concerns, technical issues, and security. At the end, students will be able to identify infrastructure security components and the roles they serve.
This minor is available to all students and is especially useful to students in the Division of Information Technology & Sciences and the Robert P. Stiller School of Business.
Courses in the Cybersecurity Minor
Please work with your advisor to choose 6 credits of Cybersecurity related electives. The courses listed below are good suggestions.
- CRJ 225 – The Law of Searching, Seizing and Using Digital Evidence
- CRJ 255 – White-Collar Crime
- CSI 140 – Introduction to Programming
- CSI 240 – Advanced Programming
- CSI 260 – Advanced Python
- CSI 275 – Network Programming
- CSI 370 – Computer Architecture
- DAT 210 – Introduction to Data Analytics
- DAT 310 – Advanced Data Analytics
- DAT 330 – Data Mining
- FOR 210 – Operating Systems Fundamentals
- FOR 350 – Malware Analysis & Incident Response
- FOR 440 – Network Forensics and Threat Hunting
- MGT 265 – Information Systems for Management
- MTH 275 – Mathematical Cryptography
- MTH 280 – Applied Statistics
- NET 330 – Network Design
- SEC 260 – Web and Applications Security
- SEC 335 – Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
- SEC 350 – Enterprise and Network Security Controls
- SYS 140 – Systems Fundamentals
- SYS 255 – System Admin & Network Services I
- SYS 265 – System Admin. & Network Services II
- SYS 350 – Enterprise Virtualization
- SYS 360 – Cloud Administration & Deployment
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