Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering

Prerequisites:Pre/Co: 1501116-Programming I.

Prerequisites:Second year Standing

This course presents the operation of basic logic gates as well as some combinational and sequential circuits. The course illustrates how to design and implement different logic circuits such as adders, subtractors, decoders, encoders, flip-flops, counters, and shift registers. The design and implementation of the logic circuits will be accomplished practically in the lab by using Hardware Description Language (HDL) and circuit boards.

Prerequisites:1502201 DigitalLogic Design.

This course introduces the students to the role of probability theory, statistics and data analysis in engineering. From the probability theory side, the course covers basic probability concepts and calculations, discrete random variables and probability distributions, continuous random variables and probability distributions, and joint random variables and probability distributions. From the statistics and data analysis side, the course covers descriptive statistics, parameter estimation and linear regression.

Prerequisites:Second year standing

Introduction to basic electrical and electronic circuit analysis. The course covers operations of circuits comprised of resistors, capacitors, inductors, and independent and dependent sources. Circuits will be considered under static and transient operation as well as under DC and AC excitation. The course will also introduce basic concepts of MOSFET transistors, amplifier circuits, and time and frequency design and analysis of electronic circuits. Finally, the course will introduce basic concepts of analog and digital circuits.

Prerequisites:1430117- Physics II , 1440261 -Differential Equations for Engineers

Fundamentals of DC circuits. Experiments about the behavior of DC networks under transient and steady state excitations. Modelling of circuits using SPICE as well as the use of test and measurement equipment such as function generators and oscilloscopes. Determining the characteristics and DC biasing circuits for MOS transistor. Spice simulation of MOSFET based digital circuits and experiments using discrete components and transistor arrays.

Prerequisites: 1430118 - Physics II Lab

The course covers basic concepts of database management systems and known security threats on the data confidentiality and integrity. The topics include database models, SQL, mandatory and recommended access controls mechanisms, design of database with security in mind, protecting the integrity of data, protecting the security of database transactions, and database integrity rules. Topics on security of distributed databases and cloud databases will also be addressed.

Prerequisites:1502111 - Discrete Mathematics for Engineers

An examination of the social impact of engineering and technology and its relationship to ethics, with the objective of identifying and clarifying obligations that might arise in technological research and its applications. The course will survey a variety of moral theories, as well as engineering codes of ethics. The case study method will be used: source will include the history of science and technology, and reports from professional societies. Topics covered include whistle blowing, environmental, safety, and privacy issues.

Prerequisites:3rd year standing.

This course introduces students to the basic principles of how to represent, manipulate, and transmit communication signals. Students will be exposed to the time-domain and frequency-domain representation and processing of data signals, as well as the building blocks of communication systems. Topics covered in this course include analog modulation techniques, digitization of analog signals, digital data transmission and modulation techniques, and an introduction to information theory.

Prerequisites:1502220 - Introduction to Probability and Data Analysis for Engineers

This course focuses on protocols, mechanisms and technologies for computer and communication networks, with a focus on the Internet. Topics related to protocols and technologies include Ethernet, the Internet protocol (IP), and the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Topics related to network mechanisms include layered network architecture, error-control, medium access control, switching and routing, addressing, subnetting and congestion control.

Prerequisites:0402241 Random Signal Theory or 1502220 - Introduction to Probability and Data Analysis for Engineers

This laboratory provides hands-on experience essential to the real understanding of computer networking and the devices used in building these networks. The goal is to give the student practical aspects of network topologies, network operating systems including the setup of dynamic host configuration (DHCP) and domain name system (DNS) services, peer to peer and server based networking, switch setup and VLANs, basics of IP addressing, subnetting and router configuration. Lab experiments are conducted in teams of students.

Prerequisites:1502346 Computer Communications and Networks.

This course provides students with an insight into the fundamentals of managing modern information systems and their security operations. Topics include security policies and procedures, models and programs for designing and implementing security, risk management, access management and investigation, as well as legal and ethical implications of security management.

Prerequisites:1502170 - Introduction to Cyber Security

This course covers the design and implementation of secure software. Some of the topics covered are the characteristics of secure software, the role of security in the development lifecycle, designing secure software, and best security programming practices. Security for web and mobile applications will be covered.

Prerequisites:1502170 - Introduction to Cyber Security

This course introduces digital forensics and cybercrime investigations. It covers the basic steps to conduct a digital forensic investigation, such as evidence gathering, preservation and analysis and presenting digital evidence to legal authorities. It also presents the tools used to find and analyze digital evidence on a variety of devices. Topics also cover laws and regulations in digital forensics.

Prerequisites:1502170 - Introduction to Cyber Security

Concepts and techniques for access to computer systems and network resources. Identification and authentication. Protection of information against intentional and unintentional attacks and threats. Cryptography and encryption of data. Encryption algorithms and their information theory foundations. Computer hardware and software for data encryption.

Prerequisites:1501215 - Data Structures; Pre/Co: 1502346 - Computer Communications and Networks.

Fundamentals of hardware security for electronic circuits. Cryptographic hardware, invasive and noninvasive attacks, side-channel attacks, physically unclonable functions (PUFs), true random number generation (TRNG), FPGA security, watermarking of Intellectual Property (IP) blocks, counterfeit hardware, hardware Trojans in electronic circuits.

Prerequisites: 1502250 - Introduction to Computer Electronics, 1502170 - Introduction to Cyber Security, 1502201 - Digital Logic Design

This is the first phase of the capstone project, which, consists of two courses Senior Design

Prerequisites:Senior standing in CybersecurityEngineering;

This is second phase of the capstone project, which consists of two courses Senior Design Project I and Senior Design Project II. During this phase, students are expected to implement.

Prerequisites:1502494-Security Capstone I.

This course provides a review of network protocols and topologies, TCP/IP, and RFCs with a focus on communication across different network layers. It illustrates the peer-to-peer and client-server communication models and demonstrates how to programmatically implement sockets to develop network applications using either TCP streams or UDP datagrams. Moreover, the course teaches students how to develop single-threaded and multi-threaded network applications like file-sharing, chat-server, http-client-server, etc. and how to handle Inter-Process Communications, Concurrency, and Synchronization.

Prerequisites:1502346 - Computer Communications and Networks.

This course covers the basic concepts of cloud architectural principles and design practices with the focus of the Cloud Security and confidentiality. The course addresses critical requirements of secured Cloud services. The course identifies and mitigates the aspects of Cloud risks, isolation between physical and logical sides. Cloud components including compute, network and storage are all considered. The course will also explore and discuss the identity management, access control, and data protection.

Prerequisites:1411352 - Operating Systems, 1502170 - Introduction to Cyber Security

This course covers emerging and advanced topics in cyber security. The contents will vary depending on the topic.

Prerequisites:Senior Standing

The course provides an overview of the methodologies for developing secure web-based applications. More specifically, the course addresses various security vulnerabilities of web applications and how to protect web-based applications from cyber-attacks. Topics covered in this course includes: web application developments, basic network security mechanisms and tools, webservers and how to secure them, and securing e-commerce applications. Additionally, security issues related to web databases applications and collaborative Web applications, will be studied.

Prerequisites:1502271 - Introduction to Cryptography

This course provides a basic understanding of penetration testing and ethical hacking techniques. In security testing, an ethical hacker with legal permissions attempts to penetrate a system or systems to find a weak link and then analyze ways to correct the security flaws. Students will learn some of the exploitation techniques and tools used for ethical hacking. The course also covers recommended solutions to correct these flaws and protect systems and networks from potential attacks.

Prerequisites:1502170 - Introduction to Cyber Security

This course introduces the main properties of data hiding, steganographic and steganalysis systems. More specifically, students will learn about the embedding capacity, embedding efficiency, data payload and the traditional trade-off triangle: capacity-robustness-imperceptibility. Students will learn the differences between blind steganography and the private (non-blind) steganography. At the end of this course, students will be able to evaluate the robustness and the security of the stego-media using metrics like targeted steganalysis and statistical undetectability. Information theory fundamentals like entropy and redundancy will also be covered.

Prerequisites:Senior standing