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COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name	Code	Semester	T+A+L (hour/week)	Type (C / O)	Local Credit	ECTS
Cybersecurity	CMPE 453	Fall	03+00+00	Elective	3	5

Academic Unit:	Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engieering and Natural Sciences
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Prerequisites:	None
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Course Unit:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	İlktan AR
Course Lecturer(s):	İlktan AR
Course Objectives:	This course provides a study of cybersecurity terminology, principles, and technologies. Fundamental topics covered include cyber threats and vulnerabilities, information security frameworks, network infrastructure security, wireless network security, cryptography, defence-in-depth security strategy, information security policy, and security management. The goal is to develop a strong foundation for further study in advanced topics of cybersecurity.
Course Contents:	Networks and the Internet, Computer Security, Malware, Encryption, Security Policies, Vulnerability Scanning, and Cybersecurity Engineering.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):	1- Ability to explain the fundamental concepts of the cyber security discipline, 2- Identify potential cyber-attacks, as well as cyber defence tools, methods and components to repel attacks, 3- Explain principles of cybersecurity and how they should be applied in the development of security mechanisms and policies, 4- Utilize engineering tools in cybersecurity.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:	Lectures, In-Class discussion.

Week	Subjects	Related Preperation	LO
1	Introduction to Computer Security	Textbook chapter 1.	1
2	Networks and the Internet	Textbook chapter 2.	1
3	Cyber Stalking, Fraud, and Abuse	Textbook chapter 3.	1,2
4	Denial of Service Attacks	Textbook chapter 4.	1,2
5	Malware	Textbook chapter 5.	1,2
6	Techniques Used by Hackers and Industrial Espionage in Cyberspace	Textbook chapter 6&7.	1,2
7	First Midterm		1,2
8	Encryption	Textbook chapter 8.	1,3
9	Computer Security Technology	Textbook chapter 9.	1,3
10	Security Policies	Textbook chapter 10.	1,3
11	Network Scanning and Vulnerability Scanning	Textbook chapter 11.	1,2,3
12	Second Midterm		1,2,3
13	Introduction to Forensics	Textbook chapter 14.	1,2,3,4
14	Cybersecurity Engineering	Textbook chapter 15.	1,2,4

At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.

Easttom, W. (2023). Computer security fundamentals (5th ed.). Pearson IT Cybersecurity Curriculum (ITCC). ISBN-13: 978-0137984787

Lecture notes.

Events	Count	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours	14	3	42
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes	2	27	54
Final Exam	1	29	29
Total Workload (hour):			125

1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload

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