Overview
The demand for skilled information security professionals is growing significantly. This graduate certificate allows technical professionals to obtain key bodies of knowledge and specializations in Cyber Security. Students will acquire an understanding of various technologies in emerging areas of security like computer and network security, digital forensics, cryptography, and biometrics. Students will be able to immediately apply their knowledge to manage the risk of cyber attacks. Courses are developed and taught by Polytechnic Institute of NYU’s renowned faculty in the Information Systems and Internet Security (ISIS) Laboratory. Those who choose to work toward the master degree are able, upon admission, to apply all courses taken toward a certificate toward fulfillment of a degree program.
Admission to the Cyber Security program requires a bachelor degree in an appropriate preparatory discipline from an institution acceptable to Polytechnic.
CS 6803 Information System Security Engineering and Management (3 credits)
The primary goal of this course is to present a system and management view of information security: what it is, what drives the requirements for information security, how to integrate it into the systems design process, and life cycle security management of information systems. A second goal is to cover basic federal government information security policies and methodologies. Topics covered include information security risk management, security policies, security in the systems engineering process, laws related to information security, and management of deployed systems. Prerequisite: CS 392 or equivalent.
CS6813 Information, Privacy & Security (3 credits)
This course provides and introduction to security and privacy issues associated with information systems. Course topics include: cost/risk tradeoffs; technical, physical, and administrative methods of providing security; control of access through technical and physical means; identification and authentication; encryption, including the data encryption standard (DES) and public key systems; management of encryption systems, including key protection and distribution; privacy legislation and technical means of providing privacy.
CS 6823 Network Management & Security (3 credits)
Human aspects of network management; performance measures; classical and vendor network management systems; unified systems; OSI network management; fault and performance; configuration control; security; encryption. Prerequisite: EL 536 (Principles of Communication Networks).
Choose 2 Electives:
CS 6573 Penetration Testing and Vulnerability
Analysis (3 credits)
This is an advanced course in
computer and network security that focuses on
penetration testing and vulnerability analysis.
The course introduces various methodologies,
techniques and tools to analyze and identify
vulnerabilities in stand-alone and networked
applications.
CS 9093 Biometrics (3 credits)
Biometrics has emerged from relatively specialized use in the criminal forensics domain to more mainstream use for computer authentication, identification document security, and surveillance for public safety. This emergence has been accompanied by an expansion in biometric modality from mainly fingerprints to face, iris, hand, voice, and other novel biometrics.
This course concentrates on the unique advantages that biometrics brings to computer security, but also addresses challenging issues such as security strength, recognition rates, and privacy, as well as alternatives of passwords and smart cards. Students will gain knowledge in the building blocks of this field: image and signal processing, pattern recognition, security and privacy, and secure systems design. By the end of the course students will be able to evaluate and design security systems that include biometrics.
CS 9163 Application Security (3 credits)
This new course aims at educating students in designing and implementing secure software applications. This course concentrates on writing software programs that make it difficult for intruders to exploit security holes. The course will have emphasis on writing secure distributed programs in Java, Standard Edition (Java SE), Java, Enterprise Edition (Java EE), JavaScript, and PHP. This course will explore the security ramifications of class, field, and method visibility, discuss secure coding guidelines, and explore important security concepts such as access control and information flow. Additionally, this course will teach how to use cryptographic services to make Web applications more robust against various types of attacks. At the end of the course, the students will have learned how to write and configure Web application securely.
CS 9963 Digital Forensics (3 credits)
This course covers the all technical, legal, and law enforcement aspects of digital forensics. The course covers following topics: real world incidents (why do we need forensics); incident response process; preparing for incidence response (building a forensic ready infrastructure); after detecting an incident; live data collection from Windows; live data collection from Unix; forensic duplication (copying hard drives); network based evidence; evidence handling; computer storage fundamentals; data analysis techniques; investigating windows systems; investigating Unix systems; analyze network traffic; investigate hacker tools; investigate routers; and writing forensic reports. Prerequisite: graduate status.
Candidates for the degree Master of science in electrical engineering must complete no less than 30 credits of advanced study with an overall GPA of B in all graduate courses as required by the University.
