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required to handle Big Data hacking and penetration testing, should exhibit elements of creativity, and monitor network devices to CSE 512 - Advanced Cyber The content of the course and
throughout the Big Data process. including reconnaissance, scanning, initiative and independent thinking; maintain integrity, confidentiality, Digital Forensics the subjects vary depending on
Finally, by completing this course, enumeration, gaining access, (b) involve both knowledge gained and availability of data. The course Credit hours: 3 the market demand, instructor
students will be able to design and maintaining access, and covering the through coursework and skills concludes upon the topic of legal and background and students’ interest in
develop a Big Data solution using tracks. The course covers other topics acquired during the conduct of the ethical aspects of computer security Prerequisite: Graduate status the subject.
the techniques, methods, and related to hacking such as: malware, M.Sc. thesis research; (c) demonstrate including cybercrime, intellectual The main purpose of this course
technologies introduced throughout sniffers, and social engineering. In the ability to carry out a major piece property, privacy, and ethical issues. us to emphasize the fundamentals
the course. addition, the course introduces the of work according to sound scientific and importance of digital forensics.
students to various types of security and engineering principles; (d) CSE 502 - Security Risk Students will learn different
ITE 510 - Advanced Data attacks such as: denial of service, organize work in a comprehensive Assessment and Auditing
Communication and Computer session hijacking, SQL injection, and well-structured report, and (e) Credit hours: 3 procedures and techniques that
Networks and attacks on Web servers and demonstrate the ability to defend Prerequisite: Graduate status will enable them to perform a
digital investigation. Students will
Credit hours: 3 applications. assumptions, methodology, and develop an understanding of the
Prerequisite: Graduate status ITE 515 - Artificial Intelligence significance and impact of work. The The aim of this course is to provide fundamentals associated with
students with an overview about
thesis consists of two successive
The course covers advanced Credit hours: 3 courses A and B. In the first part security risk management, functions, the topologies, protocols, and
applications required to conduct
communication networks and Prerequisite: Graduate status (ITE591A) the students are expected mechanisms, and auditing. The forensic analysis in a network
presents in depth some topics such to select and advisor, write a course will expose students to the environment. Students will learn
as advanced routing protocols, This course provides a proposal and defend their proposal latest and recent techniques for data acquisition and duplication
advanced congestion control comprehensive introduction to successfully. While in the second part securing information and its systems, techniques using different forensic
techniques, Quality of Service, VPN artificial intelligence. It is intended to (ITE591B) students are expected to through understanding the best tools to acquire the evidence from
Networks and Tunneling Protocols, equip the students with theoretical complete their thesis work including practices of management policies, hard disks and different file systems.
and network management. The and hands-on practical knowledge defending it successfully and writing procedures, methods and how to Students will learn how to conduct
course also covers recent research necessary to analyze and understand at least one original conference/ apply the best auditing practices computer, network, web, database,
work for securing networks. In different aspects related to modern journal paper for publication. using variety of auditing tools and mobile, cloud and malware forensics.
addition, this course provides an AI systems. Topics covered include related technologies. Moreover, the They will also learn the importance of
in-depth understanding of existing intelligent agents’ design, search and course will help students to apply legal considerations, digital evidence
network technologies such sensor optimization algorithms, machine Elective Courses audit tools, and audit procedures controls, and documentation of
networks, MANETs, VANETs and their learning (ML), deep learning (DL), to help in detection and prevention forensic procedures. This course will
applications. The course also covers natural language processing of security breaches and frauds. incorporate demonstrations and
new emerging networks such as (NLP), and recommender systems CSE 501 - Cryptography and Students will be able to apply full laboratory exercises to reinforce
SASE, IoT/Edge Networks, 5G and its (RecSys). The course utilizes variety Network Security risk management activities for practical applications of course.
successor 6G, etc. of learning and assessment tools Credit hours: 3 information and systems under risk.
including practical labs, case-study ITE 530 - Advanced Selected
CSE 511 - Advanced Ethical analysis, and research paper writing. Prerequisite: Graduate status Students will have in depth view of Topics in IT
Hacking and Penetration By completing this course, the This course provides a clear and physical and infrastructure security
Testing students will be able to analyze the practical approach of both the through identifying, prevention, and Credit hours: 3
Credit hours: 3 requirements for real-life AI systems, principles and practice of crypto- mitigating such threats. Tools such as Prerequisite: Graduate status
IDS, IPS, firewalls, ACLs and different
Prerequisite: Graduate status design them using the Rational protocols and network security. The network types of protections,
Agent Design Framework, implement emphasis is on applications that The course aims to provide students
This course introduces the them by applying advanced learning, are widely used on the Internet for including remote and wireless with an advanced knowledge in IT.
communications. Human resources
fundamental concepts of ethical search, or optimization algorithms, corporate networks. Topics covered in Topics may include new emerging
hacking methodology, practical and evaluate them using different this course include network security security is also introduced in this IT technologies such as Blockchain,
techniques, and ethics. The focus of evaluation tools and techniques concepts such as data integrity, course to show the different policies Microservices, Advanced Deep
the course is to introduce students presented in the course. confidentiality, and availability. The that need to be implemented. In this learning, Quantum computing,
to the methodology and tools ITE 591 - Master’s Thesis in course will also cover other important course, students should become Computer and Machine Vision,
familiar with all legal and ethical
necessary in order to assess the topics related to network security, Augmented and Virtual Reality, and
security posture of the system under Information Technology such as encryption (symmetric and aspects that help them to conduct any other new IT technologies that
study. The course utilizes Kali-Linux Credit hours: 9 asymmetric), cryptographic hash proper risk assessments and security are not covered by the core courses.
and many other software tools that Prerequisite: 15 credits functions, message authentication, auditing and to understand that the The main purpose of this course is
are usually used by a malicious digital signatures, key management strongly bonded these elements for to study IT related topics that are
successfully carrying out security risk
hacker to study the weaknesses and Thesis is a comprehensive integrated and distribution, firewalls, IP security, not included in the current MSc. in IT
vulnerabilities of a target systems. project that brings together email security and cloud security. assessments in this digital age. curriculum. Students will do practical
knowledge, skills, and competencies The practical component of this exercises and tasks throughout the
In this course the students developed during the program. course will provide the students unit.
study the main phases of ethical Thesis requirements: (a) the thesis with the skills to install, troubleshoot

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