Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations

Program: Undergraduate
Course Areas
General Informatics Elective

Catalog Description

Part one of the two-semester Texas Cybersecurity Clinic course sequence. Survey key cybersecurity defense concepts and skills, including vulnerability assessment, network configuration and security, access controls, authorization techniques, responding to a cyberattack, and penetration testing, as well as associated skills required to implement these abilities effectively in a real business or non-profit institutional setting.

Instructor Description

The Texas Cybersecurity Clinic is a two-semester sequence that first equips students with the technical and business skills of an entry-level cybersecurity analyst (semester 1) and then partners them in (supervised) teams with a small local business, municipal government, nonprofit to render pro bono cybersecurity services (semester 2). During the first semester, students will learn key cybersecurity defense concepts and skills, such as vulnerability assessment, network configuration and security, access controls, authorization techniques, responding to a cyberattack, business planning, and penetration testing. Students will also learn how to form an effective cybersecurity operations team and communicate with organization and business leaders and employees about essential cybersecurity controls and functions. By the conclusion of this course, students will be prepared to work within their assigned teams to assess, design, and render a cybersecurity improvement project plan for their client organization next semester.

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing.
Skills and Knowledge
Cybersecurity Risk Analysis
Cybersecurity Strategy
Cybersecurity Management
Topics and Concepts
Network Defense
Access Control
Cyber Incident Response

Scheduled and Upcoming Classes for this Course

Class Name Semester Day(s) Start Time(s) End Time(s) Building Room
I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations

Francesca Lockhart

Fall Term 2025
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 12:30 pm
  • 12:30 pm
  • 2:00 pm
  • 2:00 pm
  • SRH
  • SRH
  • 3.B7
  • 3.B7
I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations

Francesca Lockhart Syllabus

Spring Term 2025
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 12:30 PM
  • 12:30 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • GDC
  • GDC
  • 6.202
  • 6.202

Past Classes for this Course

Class Name Semester Day(s) Start Time(s) End Time(s) Building Room
I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations

Francesca Lockhart Syllabus

Spring Term 2024
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday
  • 02:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • 03:00 PM
  • 03:00 PM
  • 03:00 PM
  • RLP
  • RLP
  • RLP
  • 0.104
  • 0.104
  • 0.104
I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations

Francesca Lockhart Syllabus

Fall Term 2024
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • 03:30 PM
  • 03:30 PM
  • 05:30 PM
  • 05:30 PM
  • GDC
  • GDC
  • 1.406
  • 1.406
I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations

Francesca Lockhart Syllabus

Fall Term 2023
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • Friday
  • 01:00 PM
  • 01:00 PM
  • 01:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • MEZ
  • MEZ
  • MEZ
  • 1.202
  • 1.202
  • 1.202