Cybersecurity for Digital Citizenship

This course provides a series of up-to-date topical lectures and discussions on state-of-the-art cybersecurity that will orient the digital citizen for the future. The course prepares students to understand the most common cyber-threat types, hacking techniques and fundamental protection strategies, as well as software approaches for data and information systems. Assignments will involve analyzing threat and attack scenarios across multiple domains, along with tactics for protection. The course is purposefully designed to engage students in critical thinking for analysis and discussion of fundamental cybersecurity topics, rather than offering technical hands-on exercises.