Cyber Systems Certificate - Curriculum 296

Academic Associate and Program Manager

Monique P. Fargues, Ph.D.

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Brief Overview

This certificate is designed to provide students with a graduate level focus on cyber systems, system reverse engineering, and depending on elective choice, an ability to assess vulnerability and risk, architecture and engineering, or network traffic.

Requirements for Entry

Students who plan to enroll in the Cyber Systems Certificate Program should have a BSEE degree or a degree in another area of science or engineering with additional coursework and on-the-job experience, including a basic communications course, that will allow them to successfully complete the certificate courses.

Convenes

Fall

Program Length

Four quarters

Subspecialty

5313L

Outcomes

• The student will be able to describe the major components that connect the Internet, what protocols they use, and who has administrative custody of them.
• The student will be able to identify the major components of an industrial control system.
• Given a schematic of an enterprise network, the student will be able to identify critical points of failure and potential vulnerabilities.
• Given a system of unknown behavior and design, the student will be able to systematically probe, evaluate and predict the functionality and response of the system under controlled conditions.
• Given the topology and components of a network of unspecified design, the student will be able to estimate the functionality, intent and limitations of the network.
• The student will be able to apply traffic analysis techniques to identify the nature and intent of communications observed on a packet switched network using standardized communications.

Certificate Requirements

Required Courses

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
EC3730	Cyber Network and Physical Infrastructures		3	2
EC3740	Reverse Engineering in Electronic Systems		3	2

And one or two of the following electives to total a minimum of 12 credit hours:

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
EC4715	Cyber System Vulnerabilities and Risk Assessment		3	2
EC4790	Cyber Architectures and Engineering		3	2
EC4755	Network Traffic, Activity Detection, and Tracking		3	2
EC4730	Covert Communications		3	2
EC4770	Wireless Communications Network Security		3	2
EC3795	Mobile Telecommunications Fundamentals		3	2