Cybersecurity

RICHARD MATOVU, Ph.D., Program Coordinator

Cybersecurity is a computing discipline involving technology, people, information and processes to enable assured operations in the face of adversaries. It involves the creation, operation, analysis, and testing of secure computer systems. It is an interdisciplinary course of study, including aspects of law, policy, human factors, ethics, and risk management. Cybersecurity is an important concern for government agencies, defense contractors, e-commerce companies, biotech research firms, and, in fact, any business entities that are concerned with the protection of their information capital. Students are prepared to have knowledge and skills in computer network security principles, human behavior and laws, cyber forensics, and the strategies and planning for securing information capital from cyber-attacks. To understand better how this Cybersecurity program different from the Cyber Engineering program offered at Gannon, these two programs both include content knowledge that address trusted supply chains, hardware and software design, hardware root-of-trust, trusted operating systems, secure data storage, secure communications, network security services, etc. valued by industry. Cyber Engineering is hardware-oriented in the security levels, whereas Cybersecurity is software-oriented. Cyber Engineering and Cybersecurity programs are two separate programs, but our learning environment provides many synergy project experiences between the two programs.

Program Educational Objectives

Our program integrates the Liberal Studies Core and emphasizes holistic student development according to Gannon University’s mission. The program educational objectives, which leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Cybersecurity, are to produce graduates who: 1. Demonstrate professional ethics and personal values in daily and professional life that exercise informed literary and aesthetic judgments by leveraging diverse cultures and societies 2. Demonstrate teamwork and leadership qualities and/or attainment of leadership roles in a global work environment 3. Demonstrate a passion for life-long learning through engaging in the rapidly changing and emerging areas of technology and/or continued professional development 4. Demonstrate technical competency in applying knowledge of cybersecurity principles and practices for their successful career in a rapidly changing professional environment. To achieve these objectives, the Cybersecurity Program maintains a modern curriculum, stateof-the-art laboratories and teaching techniques, a well-qualified faculty, and a strong advising system. The program is designed to adhere to the CAC commissions of ABET. Students will acquire the following skill sets or student outcomes upon their graduation.

Student Learning Outcomes

The Cybersecurity program has been specifically developed to achieve the following ABET student learning outcomes: 1. Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions 2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline 3. Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts

4. Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles 5. Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline 6. An ability to apply security principles and practices to the environment, hardware, software, and human aspects of a system 7. An ability to analyze and evaluate systems for maintaining operations in the presence of risks and threats

You will experience

• Students will be explored to the GENI system, an open infrastructure for at-scale networking and distributed systems for research and education that spans the US. GENI,

Global Environment for Network Innovations, provides a virtual laboratory for research and education. With GENI, students will have a platform to learn advanced skills and knowledge in Cybersecurity. In addition, students will also engage into learning with a commercial cloud system such as Google cloud or Amazon cloud. • Students will gain hands-on learning in core competencies needed to enter this growing workforce, including white hat hacking, strategic planning, incident response, design and deployment of cloud services, and management of security services.

Opportunity

The report by Cybersecurity Ventures* predicted that it will cost the world $6 trillion annually in cybercrime damage by 2021 and hence, the pressing situation has created an unprecedented shortage of cybersecurity workers. In addition, Cybersecurity Ventures predicts there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions globally by 2021. Our program is designed to fulfill the needs of future work demand in the cyber areas. * Cybersecurity Ventures, “2017 Cybercrime Report,” sponsored by Herjavec Group, https://cybersecurityventures.com/2015-wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-

Cybercrime-Report.pdf

The Program

The Cybersecurity (CYSEC) program requires 127 credits to graduate. The program has 16 credits for Math/Science, 42 credits for LS cores, and 69 credits for engineering courses and electives. The program also provides a one-semester study abroad option and a minor. All CIS course descriptions are provided in the section Computer and Information Science. All ECE course descriptions are provided in the section Electrical and Cyber Engineering.

Cybersecurity Curriculum

(Numerals in front of courses indicate credits) FRESHMAN Fall 3 Foundational English 3 Foundational Theology 3 Quantitative Reasoning - Calculus I/ MATH 140 1 Intro to Engineering and Computing/ ENG 102 3 Intro to Networks/CIS 290 3 Web Management and Design/CIS 240 0 Gannon 101 16 Spring 3 Integrative English 3 Foundational Philosophy 3 Database Mgmt and Adm/CIS 255 3 College Physics I/PHYS 105 1 Network Security Lab/CYSEC 101 3 Intro to C/C++/ECE 111

16

SOPHOMORE Fall 3 Discrete Math/Math 222 3 Integrative History/LHST 111 3 Data Structure and Algorithm/ECE 217 3 Web Pgm and Implementation/CIS 355 3 IT Security/CYSEC 210 3 Professional Ethics/Leadership

18 Spring 3 Linux Programming/CIS 219 3 Mobile security and Implementation/ CYSEC 212 3 Circuits I/ECE 228 Digital Logic I/ECE 140 Physics 2/PHYS 108 1 Associated Lab 3 Number Theory/Cryptography/ MATH 310 3 Server Management/CIS 375 16

JUNIOR Fall 3 Ethical Hacking/CYSEC 301 3 Information Assurance/CYSEC 306 3 Integrative Theology 3 Cyber Crime and Society/CRJS 241 3 Applied Statistics/MATH 213

15 Spring 3 Aesthetic Reasoning/Fine Art Series 1 Professional Seminar/ENG 380 3 Data Security/CYSEC 303 3 Cyber Information Security/CYSEC 302 3 Server Security/CYSEC 307 3 Free Elective 16

SENIOR Fall 3 Integrative Communication 3 Cyber Defense: Cloud Security/ CYSEC 308 3 Professional Communication 3 Senior Design I/CIS 457 3 Digital Evidence/CRJS 345 15 Spring 3 Global Citizenship 3 Integrative Philosophy 3 Technical Elective/CIS 387 3 Technical Elective 3 Senior Design II Lab/CIS 458

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Total Credits: 127

Cybersecurity Study-Aboard Curriculum

(Numerals in front of courses indicate credits) FRESHMAN Fall 3 Foundational English 3 Foundational Theology 3 Quantitative Reasoning – Calculus I/ MATH 140 1 Intro to Engineering and Computing/ ENG 102 3 Intro to Networks/CIS 290 3 Web Management and Design/CIS 240 16 Spring 3 Integrative English 3 Foundational Philosophy 3 Database Mgmt and Adm/CIS 255 3 College Physics I/PHYS 105 1 Network Security Lab/CYSEC 101 3 Intro to C/C++/ECE 111

16

SOPHOMORE Fall 3 Discrete Math/Math 222 3 Integrative History/LHST 111 3 Data Structure and Algorithm/ECE 217 3 Web Pgm and Implementation/CIS 355 3 IT Security/CYSEC 210 3 Professional Ethics/Leadership

18 Spring 3 Linux Programming/CIS 219 3 Mobile security and Implementation/ CYSEC 212 3 Circuits I/ECE 228 Digital Logic I/ECE 140 Physics 2/PHYS 108 1 Associated Lab 3 Number Theory/Cryptography/ MATH 310 3 Server Management/CIS 375 16

JUNIOR Fall 3 Ethical Hacking/CYSEC 301 3 Information Assurance/CYSEC 306 3 Integrative Theology 3 Cyber Crime and Society/CRJS 241 3 Applied Statistics/MATH 213 15 Spring 3 Aesthetic Reasoning/ 1 Professional Seminar/ENG 380 3 Integrative Philosophy 3 Professional Communication 3 Free Elective 13

SENIOR Fall 3 Integrative Communication 3 Cyber Defense: Cloud Security/ CYSEC 308 3 Technical Elective/CIS 387 3 Senior Design I/CIS 457 3 Digital Evidence/CRJS 345 15 Spring 3 Global Citizenship 3 Cyber Information Security/CYSEC 302 3 Data Security/CYSEC 303 3 Server Security/CYSEC 307 3 Senior Design II Lab/CIS 458

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Total Credits: 127