CYBER 440Cybersecurity Capstone

3 credits · Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations · Penn State

Cybersecurity Capstone is an advanced, culminating course for students who are majoring in Cybersecurity. This course provides the student with a practical exercise, designed by the instructor. The initial weeks of the semester provide the student with an overview of several analytic frameworks that are used in cybersecurity shops and organizations. Then, the student reviews specific technical analysis methods in malware, static and dynamic analysis, file system exploration, security log file analysis and network analysis. The findings from these analyses are then integrated into the analytic framework, gaps are identified, further analysis is conducted to fill the gaps. In the final weeks of the semester, students construct a high level briefing that supplies appropriate levels of technical detail to top level executives.