Cybersecurity
Undergraduate · CS / Programming
Syllabus focus
Standard syllabus · STEM / applied
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Topics typically covered
Standard syllabus
Security foundations
- CIA triad; threat modeling and attack surfaces
- Authentication, authorization, and access control
- Symmetric and public-key cryptography (intro)
- Hashes, MACs, and digital signatures (intro)
- TLS/SSL and secure channel establishment (survey)
Software and systems
- Common vulnerabilities: injection, XSS, CSRF
- Memory corruption: buffer overflows and mitigations (intro)
- Secure coding practices and input validation
- Password storage: salting and slow hashes
- Security policies, logging, and incident response (intro)
STEM / applied
Hands-on security
- Penetration testing methodology and ethics
- Using scanners and fuzzers in controlled labs
- Web app security labs (OWASP Juice Shop-style)
- Network scanning and firewall rule design
- Digital forensics chain of custody (intro)
Applied domains
- Cloud security: IAM, KMS, and shared responsibility
- Mobile platform security models (intro)
- Malware analysis sandbox basics (intro)
- Compliance frameworks: HIPAA, PCI (survey)
- Red team vs blue team exercises (intro)
Notes
Undergrad security courses range from theory-heavy crypto to lab-heavy ethical hacking.