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Course Number:
CSCI 4612
Approved Starting Semester:
Fall 2021
Course Title:
Securing Cyber Space (Web, DB, and Platform)
Credit Hours:
3
Course Description (Bulletin Description):
In this course students will learn how to secure an organization's technological infrastructure, including topics on operating system platforms/hardware, virtual machines, mobile devices, web servers, database servers, additional network components, anti-malware, public facing applications, host-based intrusion detection/prevention, firewalls and audit and compliance. Course includes laboratory work using Linux and Windows.
Prerequisite:
CSCI 4200
Co-requisite:
None
Pre/Co-requisite::
None
Dual-Listed:
CSCI 5612
Course Objectives (Course-level Student Learning Outcomes):
At the completion of the course, the student will be able to: 1. Harden the Windows and Linux Platform security. 2. Understand the Web security model, and how to harden web servers 3. Explain the nature of key web application vulnerabilities and defenses 4. Understand Database Security and Database vulnerabilities 5. Know how to use open source firewalls and how to implement basic firewall rules 6. Perform a basic penetration test.
Topics Covered (In Outline/Calendar):
• Platform security • System hardening • User account management • Network security: Access control lists and Intrusion detection • The Web security model Database Security • Application security.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions. (SLO1)
- Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline. (SLO2)
Course Coordinator:
Dr. Sabrina Perry
Instructor-in-charge:
Dr. Sabrina Perry
Previous Professors:
Dr. Majdi Lusta, Dr. Sabrina Perry
Technologies / Skills:
Secure technological infrastructure, Linux OS, Windows OS
Textbook(s):
Fall 2026
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Title: Security Strategies in Windows Platforms and Applications, 4th Edition with Cloud Labs
Edition: 4TH
Author: Robert Shimonski; Michael G. Solomon
Publisher: JBL Learning
ISBN: 9781284282023
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Title: Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications, 3rd Edition with Cloud Labs
Edition: 3RD
Author: Ric Messier; Michael Jang
Publisher: JBL Learning
ISBN: 9781284255980
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