Professional Diploma outline

1.Core Courses:

Cyber Security Fundamentals (3 credit hours)

An introduction to the basic concepts of cybersecurity such as cyberwarfare, information warfare, cyberspace and cyber battlefield, and cyber doctrinarian.

Digital Forensics Fundamentals (3 credit hours)

Learn the process of digital forensics, what digital forensics tools are being used, and successful investigative methodologies.

Network Security Fundamentals (3 credit hours)

Discover how to create networks secured against theft and unauthorized access. Understand the weaknesses of the TCP/IP protocol and related attacks. Also identify the defenses, such as intrusion protection and intrusion prevention.

Introduction to Cyber Physical Systems (3 credit hours)

Explore the Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) discipline and the integration between computation and physical process. You will also learn what the applications of CPS are.

Cyber Security Lab 1 (1 credit hour)

Hands-on introduction to cyber security and how to do secure coding.

Cyber Security Lab 2 (1 credit hour)

Advanced practical introduction to cyber security including how to write secure network protocols, resisting different kinds of cyber-attacks.

2.Elective courses:

In addition to the core courses, participants choose 2 elective courses (3 credit hours each) from the list below:

• Fundamentals of Cryptography
• Advanced Topics: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
• Introduction to Critical Systems
• Basics of Security Architecture and Network Defense
• Fundamentals of Wireless Network Security
• Fundamentals of Industrial Espionage and Counterfeiting
• Fundamentals of Cloud Computing
• Quantum Communication and Cryptography
• Distributed Databases