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INTLPOL268

Hack Lab: Introduction to Cybersecurity

International Policy H&S - Humanities & Sciences

Course Description

This course aims to give students a solid understanding of the most common types of attacks used in cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Taught by a long-time cybersecurity practitioner, a recovering cyberlaw litigator, and a group of hearty, motivated TAs, each session will begin with a lecture covering the basics of an area of technology and how that technology has been misused in the past. Students will then complete a lab section, with the guidance of the instructor and assistants, where they attack a known insecure system using techniques and tools seen in the field. Each week, there will be a second lecture on the legal and policy impacts of the technologies and techniques we cover. By the end of the course, students are expected to have a basic understanding of some of the most common offensive techniques in use today as well as a comprehensive overview of the most important aspects of cyberpolicy and law. No computer science background is required. All students must have access to a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux laptop.

Grading Basis

ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit

Min

3

Max

4

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Lab Section

Enrollment Optional?

Yes

Course Component

Lecture

Enrollment Optional?

No

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No

Programs

INTLPOL268 is a completion requirement for: