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IST 588 – Intermediate Cybersecurity Part 1 (Fall 2023) Instructor: Dr. Patrick Dicks Building/classroom: Online Office: Online Meeting Days: Thursdays every other week. Phone: 803 450 3677 Meeting Time: 630pm to 840pm est (Zoom) E-mail: pdicks@su.edu Office Hours: Fri 10am to 12pm est Required Text and Instructional Materials Principles of Cybersecurity, 1st Edition By: Linda K. Lavender Copyright: 2020 Additional resources will be provided when needed. Homework / Assignments: Assignment Due Date: Weight Read chapter 1 and complete all quick look activities Sep 3 rd 12.5% Read chapter 2 and complete all quick look activities Sep 10 th 12.5% Select a recent cyber-attack ( No older than 6 months old) and write a 3 page on it. Include where it happened, what led up to it and how future attacks can be prevented. APA 7th edition guidelines. Minimum 5 – 10 references. Sep 17 th 12.5% https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/CSWP/NIST.CSWP.29.ipd.pdf Summary APA 7th edition. Sep 24 th 12.5% Read chapter 5 and complete all quick look activities Oct 1 st 12.5% Read chapter 8 and complete all quick look activities Oct 8 th 12.5% Your organization needs to subnet its existing Class C private network (Class C: 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255) into three networks. Explain why your company needs to subnet its private network. Write a 2-page paper to explain this. APA 7 th edition is required Oct 15 th 12.5% Read chapter 9 and complete all quick look activities Oct 20 th 12.5% Page 1 of 5

Class Dates Class Work Topics & Homework Aug 28 th 2023 Review Syllabus & Begin Intro to Cybersecurity Tool Providers Infrastructure, Endpoint, Application, Messaging, Web, IoT, SOAR Read chapter 1 and complete all quick look activities Aug 28 th 2023 Continue Intro to Cybersecurity Tool Providers Threat Intel, Mobile/Data Security, Risk and Compliance, Identity and Access, Deception Read chapter 1 and complete all quick look activities September 3 rd , 2023 Review Regulatory Requirements and Frameworks SOX, GLBA, NIST, etc. Read chapter 2 and complete all quick look activities September 3 rd , 2023 Discuss Supportive Organizations SANS, FS-ISAC, ISACA, ISSA, InfraGard TBD September 3rd, 2023 Review Attacks and Threat Methodologies Select a recent cyber-attack ( No older than 6 months old ) and write a 3-page paper on it. Include where it happened, what led up to it and how future attacks can be prevented. APA 7th edition guidelines. Minimum 5 – 10 references. September 10 th 2023 Review Attacks and Threat Methodologies TBD September 10 th 2023 Review Cyber References NIST Computer Security Resource Center Read the updated NIST updated August 2023 draft. https://nvlpubs.nist.g ov/nistpubs/CSWP/ NIST.CSWP.29.ipd. pdf Give a two page summary of your views of this framework. APA 7th edition. September 10 th 2023 Quantum Computing Algorithms TBD September 17 th 2023 Review Vulnerabilities & Protection Vulnerabilities & Protection Read chapter 5 and complete all quick look activities September 17 th 2023 Discuss Network Security and Network Threats Network Threats Recent 2023 Articles September Review Protecting Network Services Networks Read chapter 8 and Page 2 of 5

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