{"id":659,"date":"2009-08-29T15:54:25","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T19:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=659"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:00:33","slug":"cs595","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs595\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Fundamentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> 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>Cybersecurity Fundamentals<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 595 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisite: METCS535 or METCS625 or instructor's consent. In this course, you will be introduced to fundamental concepts and principles of cybersecurity and how to apply them in developing security mechanisms and policies. Explore topics such as basic risk assessment and management, legal and ethical issues, cyber attack defense methods and tools, security principles, models, and components. You will also learn about different crypto protocols, techniques, and tools, including symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms, hashing, public key infrastructure, and how they can be used. You will learn to identify security threats and techniques to defend hardware, operating systems, networks, and applications in modern computing environments. Hands-on labs using current tools will also be completed as part of the required coursework.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026FALLMETCS595A1, Sep 2nd to Dec 10th 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>W<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>KCB<\/td>\n\t<td>107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026FALLMETCS595E1, Sep 2nd to Dec 10th 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>W<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>KCB<\/td>\n\t<td>107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026FALLMETCS595O1, Sep 1st to Oct 19th 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\/2024\/01\/CS-695-Shengzhi-Zhang.pdf\">CS695 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2023\/01\/MET-CS695-23SP-Syllabus.pdf\">CS695 SPRG23<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/09\/MET-CS695-22FSyllabus.pdf\">CS695 FALL22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS695-A1_Spring-2022_Entpr-Cyber-Sec.pdf\">CS695 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/09\/MET-CS695-21F-Syllabus.pdf\">CS695 FALL21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/09\/MET-CS695-Fall-2020-Syllabus.pdf\">CS695 FALL20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/08\/Fall-2018-CS695-B1-E1-Syllabus.pdf\">CS695 FALL18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS695_B1_E1_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS695 FALL17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2017\/08\/CS695_A1E1_Spring-2017-1.pdf\">CS695 SPRG17<\/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\/2025\/01\/See-695-Syllabus.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/METCS595_Syllabus_2026Spring_Online.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/06\/METCS595_Syllabus_2026_Summer2_Online.pdf\">595 O2 SUM26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/METCS595_Syllabus_2026Spring_Online.pdf\">595 O1 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/See-695-Syllabus.pdf\">CS695 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS695-O1_Spring-2022_Entpr-Cyber-Sec.pdf\">CS695 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/06\/CS695_O1_SPRG-1-2018.pdf\">CS695 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/06\/CS695_O1_SUMM-2-2018.pdf\">CS695 SUM18<\/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-CS695-24F-Syllabus.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/MET-CS695-25F-Syllabus.pdf\">CS695 Fall25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/09\/MET-CS695-24F-Syllabus.pdf\">CS695 FALL24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS695_B1_E1_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS695 FALL17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2017\/08\/CS695_A1E1_Spring-2017-1.pdf\">CS695 SPRG17<\/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; 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