新奥尔良大学

Cyber Security is the practice of managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data and the systems and processes used for those purposes. More simply, Cyber Security is concerned with thoroughly understanding threats to computer systems, such as viruses and computer criminals, and formulating and deploying solutions to protect cyberspace. Cyber Security encompasses work in operating systems internals, cryptography, penetration testing, reverse engineering, digital forensics, and social engineering.

Opportunities

Cyber Security professionals are in great demand in a wide range of jobs in the private sector, law enforcement, and in government. Digital forensics experts are employed to recover and analyze digital evidence for civil litigation, in criminal cases, and to support homeland security. To perform digital investigations, they rely on advanced knowledge of forensic techniques, operating systems, filesystems, and networking.

Network security experts design secure networks and protect these networks from ever-evolving threats, using a variety of mechanisms, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and penetration testing.

Reverse engineers analyze malware to understand how it operates, how to recover from its effects, and how to construct defenses to prevent future infection. They rely on extensive knowledge of operating systems internals, assembler, and static and dynamic analysis tools for reverse engineering.

Software engineers with a foundation in IA design and implement secure software using techniques that increase the resilience and reliability of both operating systems and application software. This requires deep understanding of programming languages as well as IA.

Objectives of Cyber Security Concentration

• Prepare students for the job market by providing a solid foundation in all aspects of Cyber Security.
• Give students practical experience with industry standard tools, frameworks, and investigation processes.