May 20, 2024  
2023-2024 Course Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CFI 1083 - System Security and Network Auditing

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This course introduces the best practices in hands-on troubleshooting, assessing an enterprise environment’s security posture, and implementing appropriate security solutions. Course activities provide opportunities to explore how to monitor and secure hybrid environments, including cloud, mobile, and IoT.  Course topics address applicable laws and policies, principles of governance, risk, and compliance, and how an analyst can identify, analyze, and respond to security events and incidents.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: CFI 1085  is recommended before taking this course for students in the CFI program

Major Content
  1. Social engineering and malware
  2. Data Security and vulnerabilities assessment
  3. Wireless and network security
  4. Network security devices and technology
  5. Cryptography and public key infrastructure.
  6. Account management and authentication
  7. Access management
  8. Embedded devices and mobile security
  9. Importance of ethical issues and civic responsibility in cyber security
  10. Common ethical dilemmas and decision-making for cybersecurity professionals
  11. Cybersecurity professionals’ obligations to the public
  12. Ethical frameworks guide and best practices in cybersecurity practice

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. implement computer security policies in a network environment.
  2. explain user rights and the need for documented permission.
  3. evaluate the information contained in network and Windows log files.
  4. implement security policies from templates and other security tools from Windows.
  5. configure Windows software management applications such as SUS, SMS, and Windows Update to ensure security compliance across the network.
  6. explain the basic windows infrastructure.
  7. interpret firewall and IIS log files.
  8. use Windows scripting, auditing, and scheduling tools.
  9. Explain how technology can impact user behaviors, privacy, politics, and relationship.
  10. Discuss the role of Cybersecurity concerning ethics, artificial intelligence, and  (such as online bullying, data collection, micro-targeting, and profiling).
  11. Describe common ethical challenges and social dilemmas for Cybersecurity in the technology industry.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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