CIS 4776 - Cyber Warfare

College of Computer & Information Technology

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2022 (600)

Requisites

Admission to Cybersecurity (Bachelor of Applied Science) (CYSEC-BAS)

Course Description

This class will examine the nature of cyber and information warfare. It will explore the typical threat actors, the cyber and information battlefield and the weapons and strategy employed in this type of warfare. An overview of cyber weaponry will be presented, and various offensive and defensive strategies will be examined via case studies and possible simulations. This course will focus on the cyberwarfare landscape, offensive and defensive cyberwarfare techniques, and the future of cyberwarfare. Students will learn how to identify and analyze threats and vulnerabilities, and to recommend mitigation strategies to reduce the risk associated with cyber warfare.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. Students will identify, compare, and evaluate threat actors and potential impacts of cyber warfare by:
    1. Analyzing case studies based on real world cyber attacks
    2. Assessing the effects of actual cyber attacks
    3. Examining the importance of information as an asset
    4. Researching and describing the potential effects of cyber warfare on national infrastructures and institutions
  2. Students will identify, compare, and classify threats and cyber weaponry by:
    1. Describing and evaluating cyber warfare threats
    2. Examining the militarization of cyber warfare
    3. Assessing the role social media sites might play in cyber warfare
  3. Students will identify and compare mitigation strategies that can reduce the impact of cyber warfare by:
    1. Examining how nation states have responded to cyber attacks
    2. Analyzing particular areas or elements of infrastructure for vulnerability to cyber attack
    3. Recommending actions and policies that would reduce the threat of cyber attack

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 02/21/2020, BOT Approval: 03/17/2020, Effective Term: Fall 2020 (580). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Summer 2021 (590).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2022 (600)

Related Programs

  1. Cybersecurity (CYSEC-BAS) (610) (Active)