Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

TEEX-0251

Organization's ID:

CYB201

Organization:

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

Location:

Online

Length:

36 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	4	Introduction to Computer Security

Students must complete Network Assurance AWR138 (TEEX-0280), Digital Forensics Basics AWR139 (TEEX-0281), Information Security Basics AWR173 (TEEX-0282), Secure Software AWR178 (TEEX-0283), and Cybersecurity in the Workplace AWR-395-W to receive credit for this course.

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide entry and mid-level IT staff the technological fundamentals of information security by covering the secure programming practices necessary to protect applications against attacks and exploits.

Learning Outcomes:

Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of network assurance.
Perform and demonstrate comprehension of the fundamentals of digital forensic investigations
Demonstrate basic comprehension of information security skills for IT workers.
Demonstrate understanding of the fundamentals of secure software applications
Demonstrate a basic comprehension of the fundamentals of cybersecurity in the workplace.

General Topics:

Digital signatures and hardware encryption • Common software traits, security requirements, vulnerability awareness, input validation, buffer overflows, common defensive programming techniques, and the basic principles of secure software development • Secure design objectives and steps, coding standards, why it is important to 'think like an attacker,' the importance of carefully choosing compilers and languages, risk based testing and DREAD modeling, as well as static and dynamic testing techniques • Waterfall model, agile development, extreme programming (XP), and the Microsoft security development lifecycle

Instruction & Assessment