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.
Scheduled and Upcoming Classes for this Course
Class Name | Semester | Day(s) | Start Time(s) | End Time(s) | Building | Room |
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I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations
Francesca Lockhart |
Fall Term 2025 |
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I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations
Francesca Lockhart Syllabus |
Spring Term 2025 |
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Past Classes for this Course
Class Name | Semester | Day(s) | Start Time(s) | End Time(s) | Building | Room |
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I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations
Francesca Lockhart Syllabus |
Spring Term 2024 |
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I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations
Francesca Lockhart Syllabus |
Fall Term 2024 |
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I 320: Topics in Informatics: Applied Cybersecurity Foundations
Francesca Lockhart Syllabus |
Fall Term 2023 |
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