{"id":654,"date":"2009-08-29T15:48:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T19:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=654"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:10:14","slug":"cs690","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs690\/","title":{"rendered":"Network and Cloud Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Network and Cloud Security<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 690 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisites: (MET CS 535 or MET CS 625) and (MET CS 595 or MET CY 100) or consent of instructor. This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts, principles, technologies, and best practices to secure both computer networks and clouds. Topics include an overview of network threats, SSL\/TLS, Kerberos, PKI, IPsec, DNSsec, SSH, Firewall, IDS, VPD, electronic mail security, wireless network security, Blockchain, TOR, Cloud architecture, an overview of cloud threats, architecture protection, and data protection in Cloud, IAM, security best practices, etc. Upon the completion of the course, students are expected to know the threats and vulnerabilities that networks and cloud systems face, along with the strategies and tools used to mitigate those risks. Hands-on labs based on existing tools are provided and required.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS690A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>M<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>MCS<\/td>\n\t<td>B33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS690O1, Jan 13th to Mar 2nd 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>ARR<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/MET-CS690-25SP-Syllabus.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/MET-CS690-A1-26SP-Syllabus.pdf\">690 A1 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/MET-CS690-25SP-Syllabus.pdf\">CS690 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-690-Ed-Matthews.docx\">CS690 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/10\/METCS690_Syllabus_Matthews_Fall20.pdf\">CS690 FALL20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/08\/Fall-2018-CS690-A1-EL-Syllabus.pdf\">CS690 FALL18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS690_A1_EL_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS690 FALL17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2016\/01\/CS690_OL_Spring2016.doc\">CS690 SPRG16<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-690-Ed-Matthews.docx\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/METCS690_Syllabus_2026SpringO1_Online.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/05\/METCS690_Syllabus_2026SummerO1_Online.pdf\">CS690 SUM26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/METCS690_Syllabus_2026SpringO1_Online.pdf\">690 O1 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-690-Ed-Matthews.docx\">CS690 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/06\/CS690_O1_SUMM-1-2018.pdf\">CS690 SUM18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/06\/CS690_O1-SPRG-1-2018.pdf\">CS690 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS690-O1_Spring-2017.pdf\">CS690 SPRG17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Blended<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/09\/MET-CS690-24F-Syllabus.pdf\">CS690 FALL24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS690_A1_EL_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS690 FALL17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus 690 A1 SPRG26CS690 SPRG25CS690 SPRG24CS690 FALL20CS690 FALL18CS690 FALL17CS690 SPRG16 Online CS690 SUM26690 O1 SPRG26CS690 SPRG24CS690 SUM18CS690 SPRG18CS690 SPRG17 Blended CS690 FALL24CS690 FALL17 &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1719,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":63,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31747,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions\/31747"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}