Undergraduate Prerequisites: (METCS625) or instructor's consent - This course introduces fundamental concepts, principles of cybersecurity and their use in the development of security mechanisms and policies. Topics include basic risk assessment and management; basic legal and ethics issues, various cyber attacks, defense methods and tools; security principles, models and components; different crypto protocols, techniques and tools, including symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms, hashing, public key infrastructure, and how they can be used; security threats and defense to hardware, operating systems, networks and applications in modern computing environments. Hands-on labs using current tools are provided and required. Prerequisite: METCS535 or METCS625 or instructor's consent.
FALL 2024 Schedule
Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
A1 |
Zhang |
CGS 121 |
T 6:00 pm-8:45 pm |
Mts w/ CS695 E1 |
FALL 2024 Schedule
Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
E1 |
Zhang |
CGS 121 |
T 6:00 pm-8:45 pm |
Mts w/ CS695 A1 eLive course. Meets on campus 9/3,10/1,11/5, 12/10.Final TBA |
SPRG 2025 Schedule
Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
A1 |
Arena |
MCS B29 |
M 6:00 pm-8:45 pm |
Mts w/ CS695 E1 |
SPRG 2025 Schedule
Section |
Instructor |
Location |
Schedule |
Notes |
O1 |
See |
|
ARR 12:00 am-12:00 am |
“Students are assigned into class sections of approximately 15 with a member of the teaching team. Please note the prerequisite(s): completion of the prerequisite course or consent of the instructor is required. On-campus F1 and J1 student visa holders should contact the ISSO at isso@bu.edu before registering for any online courses |
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