CCR Catalog

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AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT 12 CENTER FOR CYBERSPACE RESEARCH • 2009-2010 CATALOG CE CE CENTER FOR OR C C CYB YB YBER ERSP SP AC ACE E E RE RESE SEAR A CH H 2 2 200 00 009- 9-20 20 20 2010 10 10 10 C C C CAT AT AT AT AL AL AL ALOG OG OG OG 1

Transcript of CCR Catalog

Page 1: CCR Catalog

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The

Cen

ter

for

Cyb

ersp

ace

Res

earc

h (

CCR),

est

ablis

hed

in M

arch

2002,

conduct

s def

ense

-focu

sed r

esea

rch a

t th

e M

aste

r’s

and P

hD

lev

els.

CCR is

forw

ardlo

oki

ng a

nd

resp

onsi

ve t

o t

he

chan

gin

g e

duca

tional

and r

esea

rch n

eeds

of th

e Air F

orc

e, t

he

De-

par

tmen

t of D

efen

se,

and t

he

feder

al g

over

nm

ent.

CCR fac

ulty

teac

hes

and p

erfo

rms

rese

arch

focu

sing o

n u

nder

stan

din

g a

nd d

evel

opin

g a

dva

nce

d c

yber

-rel

ated

theo

ries

an

d t

echnolo

gie

s. T

hes

e th

eory

and t

echnolo

gy

adva

nce

men

ts h

ave

incl

uded

effort

s in

net

work

intr

usi

on d

etec

tion a

nd a

void

ance

, in

sider

thre

at m

itig

atio

n,

cyber

spac

e si

tuat

ional

aw

aren

ess,

net

work

vis

ual

izat

ion,

soft

war

e pro

tect

ion,

and a

nti-t

amper

te

chnolo

gie

s dev

elopm

ent.

On J

une

19,

2008,

AFI

T a

nd t

he

CCR w

ere

des

ignat

ed b

y th

e Sec

reta

ry o

f th

e Air F

orc

e an

d C

hie

f of

Sta

ff o

f th

e Air F

orc

e as

the

Air F

orc

e Cy-

ber

spac

e Te

chnic

al C

ente

r of

Exc

elle

nce

.

Cyb

er

Fell

ow

ship

s:

We

off

er o

pport

unitie

s fo

r non-m

ilita

ry s

tuden

ts

who a

re s

eeki

ng a

Mas

ter’s

Deg

ree

in C

yber

Oper

a-tions

thro

ugh a

gra

nt

from

the

Nat

ional

Sci

ence

Fo

undat

ion (

NSF)

Sch

ola

rship

for

Ser

vice

Pro

gra

m

(Cyb

erCorp

).

In t

his

pro

gra

m,

stu

den

ts e

arn a

n

adva

nce

d g

raduat

e ed

uca

tion in r

eturn

for

feder

al,

stat

e, o

r lo

cal gov

erm

ent

serv

ice

upon d

egre

e co

mple

tion,

equal

to t

he

tim

e of

fello

wsh

ip s

up-

port

. A

typ

ical

aca

dem

ic p

rogra

m is

appro

xim

atel

y 24 m

onth

s.

Sch

ola

rship

ben

efi t

s in

clude:

$25,0

00

per

yea

r, f

ull

tuitio

n,

com

pute

r an

d b

ook

allo

w-

ance

, housi

ng/h

ealth c

are

allo

wan

ces,

stipen

d,

and

confe

rence

tra

vel opport

unitie

s.

For

more

info

rma-

tion o

r to

req

ues

t ap

plic

atio

n,

view

the

web

site

at:

htt

p:/

/ww

w.a

fi t.

edu/C

CR/C

yber

Corp

.

Rese

arc

h:

Def

ense

focu

sed r

esea

rch is

a k

ey m

issi

on c

om

ponen

t of

the

Cen

ter

for

Cyb

ersp

ace

Res

earc

h (

CCR).

CCR fac

ulty

poss

ess

exte

nsi

ve o

pera

tional

experi

ence

in m

ilita

ry

com

munic

atio

ns

and s

ecurity

. I

n a

dditio

n,

the

facu

lty

hav

e c

lose

work

ing r

ela

tionsh

ips

with D

epart

ment

of

Defe

nse

, D

epart

ment

of

Hom

ela

nd S

ecu

rity

, and A

ir

Forc

e org

aniz

atio

ns.

This

syn

ergis

tic

appro

ach p

rom

ote

s an

envi

ronm

ent

for

colla

bora

tive

res

earc

h t

hat

solv

es

real-

worl

d c

om

munic

ations

and s

ecuri

ty i

ssues

faci

ng

our

nation a

nd n

ational

defe

nse

. O

n-g

oin

g r

ese

arc

h

incl

udes

:

• Bio

met

rics

and r

adio

fre

quen

cy iden

tifi ca

tion

• Cyb

er f

orc

e dev

elopm

ent

• D

igital

fore

nsi

cs a

nd s

oft

war

e pro

tect

ion

• H

ardw

are

random

num

ber

s gen

erat

ors

• I

nsi

der

thre

at•

Inte

lligen

ce a

mplifi

cat

ion

• I

ntr

usi

on d

etec

tion,

mitig

atio

n,

and a

void

ance

• N

etw

ork

man

agem

ent

and s

ecurity

• S

uper

viso

ry C

ontr

ol an

d D

ata

Acq

uis

itio

n s

yste

ms

• S

ecurity

arc

hitec

ture

s, s

yste

ms

model

ing a

nd

polic

ies

• S

oci

al e

ngin

eering

• S

oft

war

e pro

tect

ion

• W

irel

ess

net

work

sec

urity

• W

irel

ess

com

munic

atio

ns

explo

itat

ion a

nd s

ecurity

The

Offi c

e of

the

Ass

ista

nt

Sec

reta

ry o

f D

efen

se

for

Net

work

s an

d I

nfo

rmat

ion I

nte

gra

tion a

nnual

ly

announce

s a

Dep

artm

ent

of D

efen

se I

nfo

rma-

tion A

ssura

nce

(IA

) Sch

ola

rship

Pro

gra

m (

IASP)

gra

nt

and s

chola

rship

com

pet

itio

n.

The

pro

gra

m is

des

igned

to incr

ease

the

num

ber

of new

entr

ants

to

DoD

who p

oss

ess

key

Info

rmat

ion A

ssura

nce

. Applic

atio

n c

rite

ria

is s

ent

to C

CR e

ach O

ctober

/N

ovem

ber

. Fo

r m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

ple

ase

conta

ct:

Ask

IASP@

nsa

.gov

for

schola

rship

info

rmat

ion.

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Cert

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Pro

gra

m

The

Info

rmat

ion A

ssura

nce

Cer

tifi ca

te P

rogra

m (

IACP)

is

a su

bse

t of

the

Mas

ter

of

Sci

ence

pro

gra

m.

To b

e el

igib

le

for

the

awar

d o

f th

e 4011,

4012,

or

4016 c

erti

fi ca

tes,

stu

den

ts m

ust

co

mple

te t

he

liste

d c

ours

es w

ith a

gra

de

of

B

or

bet

ter

in e

ach c

ours

e.

Stu

den

ts c

om

ple

ting t

he

follo

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es a

re e

ligib

le f

or

the

Info

rmat

ion S

ecurity

Pro

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Sec

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CSCE 6

25 I

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ion S

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ms

Sec

urity

, Ass

ura

nce

and A

nal

ysis

ICSCE 6

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pute

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munic

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n N

etw

ork

s

or

IMG

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Com

munic

atio

ns

or

CSCE 5

60 I

ntr

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ion t

o C

om

pute

r N

etw

ork

ing

CSCE 6

89 D

istr

ibute

d S

oft

war

e Sys

tem

s CSCE 7

25 I

nfo

rmat

ion S

yste

ms

Sec

urity

, Ass

ura

nce

and A

nal

ysis

II

Stu

den

ts c

om

ple

ting t

he

follo

win

g c

ours

es a

re e

ligib

le for

the

Sen

ior

Sys

tem

Man

ager

Cer

tifi ca

te u

nder

Nati

on

al

Tra

inin

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tan

dard

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Cert

ifi c

ate

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GT 6

87 M

anag

emen

t Asp

ects

of In

form

atio

n W

arfa

re (

IW)

or

CSCE 5

25 I

ntr

oduct

ion t

o I

nfo

rmat

ion W

arfa

reIM

GT 6

84 S

trat

egic

Info

rmat

ion M

anag

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GT 6

57 D

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Com

munic

atio

ns

for

Man

ager

s or

CSCE 5

60 I

ntr

oduct

ion t

o C

om

pute

r N

etw

ork

ing

Stu

den

ts c

om

ple

ting t

he

follo

win

g c

ours

es a

re e

ligib

le for

the

Sen

ior

Ris

k Anal

yst

Cer

tifi ca

te u

nder

Nati

on

al

Tra

inin

g S

tan

dard

CN

SS

I N

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Cert

ifi c

ate

. IM

GT 6

87 M

anag

emen

t Asp

ects

of In

form

atio

n W

arfa

re (

IW)

or

CSCE 5

25 I

ntr

oduct

ion t

o I

nfo

rmat

ion W

arfa

reIM

GT 6

84 S

trat

egic

Info

rmat

ion M

anag

emen

tIM

GT 6

57 D

ata

Com

munic

atio

ns

for

Man

ager

s or

CSCE 5

60 I

ntr

oduct

ion t

o C

om

pute

r N

etw

ork

ing

QM

GT 6

80 P

roje

ct R

isk

Anal

ysis

Inte

rmed

iate

Develo

pm

en

tal Ed

uca

tio

n (

IDE)

- C

yb

er

Warf

are

The

purp

ose

of

IDE is

to e

nhan

ce t

he

pro

fess

ional

mili

tary

com

pet

ence

of

Air F

orc

e offi c

ers

thro

ugh a

pro

gra

m o

f ed

uca

tion d

esig

ned

to b

road

en p

ersp

ective

s, i

ncr

ease

know

ledge

and p

repar

e offi c

ers

to a

ssum

e hig

her

lev

els

of

com

man

d a

nd s

taff d

uties

and r

esponsi

bili

ties

. M

any

IDE s

tuden

ts a

tten

d A

ir C

om

man

d a

nd S

taff C

olle

ge

or

the

sist

er s

ervi

ce s

taff c

olle

ges

. H

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ever

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smal

l ca

dre

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er y

ear)

com

e to

AFI

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or

a m

ore

tec

hnic

al p

rogra

m in

cyber

oper

atio

ns

and w

arfa

re. This

pro

gra

m d

evel

ops

tech

nic

al a

nd le

ader

ship

exp

ertise

, as

wel

l as

stim

ula

te c

reat

ive

thin

king a

bout

emplo

ymen

t of cy

ber

pow

er t

o a

chie

ve n

atio

nal

and m

ilita

ry o

bje

ctiv

es.

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rogra

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over

s a

wid

e va

riet

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dis

ciplin

es s

pan

nin

g t

echnic

al a

nd n

on-t

echnic

al a

spec

ts,

to

incl

ude

the

follo

win

g:

• In

fl uen

ce o

per

atio

ns,

psy

cholo

gic

al o

per

atio

ns,

dec

eption

• Com

munic

atio

ns

net

work

s an

d s

ecurity

Ele

ctro

nic

war

fare

and c

ounte

rmea

sure

s •

Thre

at /

vuln

erab

ility

ass

essm

ents

and r

isk

man

agem

ent

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gal

/ e

thic

al a

spec

ts o

f cy

ber

war

fare

Str

ateg

ic a

nd t

actica

l pla

nnin

g for

cyber

oper

atio

ns

and

w

arfa

re

USAF

IDE p

rogra

ms

are

limited

to 1

2 m

onth

s in

dura

tion.

The

AFI

T c

yber

war

fare

pro

gra

m c

onsi

sts

of 40 h

ours

of

cours

ework

and 8

hours

of re

sear

ch.

The

rese

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pro

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ally

bro

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cope

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focu

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n a

par

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o A

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per

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com

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to incl

ude

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Bar

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LA;

the

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War

fare

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nd A

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form

atio

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per

atio

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at L

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and A

FB T

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the

Nat

ional

Sec

urity

Agen

cy;

and U

S S

trat

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Com

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d.

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ilities

and s

cenar

ios.

Pre

requis

ites

: CSCE 6

54.

(4

cred

it h

ours

)

IMG

T 6

57

- D

ata

Co

mm

un

icati

on

s fo

r M

an

ag

ers

:

Intr

oduce

s th

e co

nce

pts

of

dat

a co

mm

unic

atio

n

syst

ems,

bal

anci

ng t

echnic

al a

nd m

anag

eria

l is

sues

, to

pre

par

e m

anag

ers

to p

artici

pat

e in

dec

isio

ns

regar

din

g d

ata

com

munic

atio

n a

pplic

atio

ns.

To

pic

s ad

dre

ssed

incl

ude

indust

ry s

tandar

ds,

har

dw

are

and

soft

war

e re

quirem

ents

for

contr

olli

ng t

he

fl ow

of

dat

a, t

ransm

issi

on m

edia

, se

curity

and t

rends

in t

he

tele

com

munic

atio

ns

indust

ry.

Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: N

one.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

IMG

T 6

84

- S

trate

gic

In

form

ati

on

Man

agem

en

t: T

he

Chie

f In

form

atio

n O

ffi c

er (

CIO

) is

a rel

ativ

ely

rece

nt,

and

incr

easi

ngly

critica

l, a

dditio

n t

o t

he

man

agem

ent

team

of both

priva

te a

nd p

ublic

org

aniz

atio

ns.

This

cours

e w

ill

exam

ine

the

dev

elopm

ent

of

this

new

corp

ora

te t

eam

m

em

ber, a

nd e

xplo

re i

ts f

utu

re c

ontr

ibuti

ons

to t

he

succ

essf

ul o

rgan

izat

ion. It

will

focu

s par

ticu

lar

atte

ntion

on t

he

dev

elopm

ent

and e

volv

ing n

ature

of

the

CIO

in

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Def

ense

and t

he

Air F

orc

e.Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: N

one.

(3 c

redit h

ours

)

IMG

T 6

87

Ma

na

ge

ria

l A

sp

ects

of

Info

rma

tio

n

Warf

are

: This

cours

e ex

plo

res

conce

ptu

al

asp

ects

of

moder

n Info

rmat

ion W

arfa

re (

IW);

pro

vides

an o

verv

iew

of

Info

rmat

ion O

per

atio

ns

(IO

); a

nd p

rovi

des

det

aile

d

man

ager

ial a

nd tec

hnol

ogic

al u

nder

stan

din

g o

f Com

pute

r N

etw

ork

Opera

tions

(CN

O).

The o

bje

ctiv

es

of

this

co

urs

e in

clude

reco

gnitio

n that

info

rmat

ion is

a s

trat

egic

re

sourc

e w

hic

h is

vita

l to

all

mili

tary

oper

atio

ns

and o

ur

nat

ional

sec

urity

; under

stan

din

g t

he

role

of In

form

atio

n

oper

atio

ns

(IO

) to

in

fl uen

ce,

dis

rupt,

corr

upt,

or

usu

rp

advers

ari

al

deci

sion m

akin

g w

hile s

imult

aneousl

y pro

tect

ing o

ur

ow

n;

exa

min

ing t

he i

nte

rrela

tionsh

ips

am

ong m

issi

on,

info

rmation a

ssets

, th

reats

to t

hose

as

sets

, an

d v

uln

erab

ilities

inher

ent

in t

he

info

rmat

ion

infr

astr

uct

ure

; dis

cuss

ion o

f co

nce

pts

and m

ethods

for

pla

nnin

g,

direc

ting,

and c

ontr

olli

ng r

esourc

es (

peo

ple

, m

ater

ial, in

form

atio

n, an

d funds)

in C

NO

; under

stan

din

g

the t

ech

nic

al

asp

ect

s of

netw

ork

tech

nolo

gie

s; a

nd

explo

ring the

applic

atio

n a

nd m

anag

emen

t of

Info

rmat

ion

Ass

ura

nce

and O

PSEC b

est

pra

ctic

es.

Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: N

one.

(4 c

redit h

ours

).

IMG

T 6

88

- S

ecu

rity

an

d E

thic

s in

th

e I

nfo

rmati

on

A

ge:

This

cours

e w

ill e

xplo

re t

he

secu

rity

and e

thic

al

issu

es

of

stora

ge,

com

munic

ation,

and u

se o

f dig

ital

info

rmation f

rom

a m

anagem

ent

poin

t of

vie

w,

with

emphas

is o

n c

ase

studie

s an

d r

eal

world a

pplic

atio

ns.

Is

sues

cov

ered

in this

cou

rse

incl

ude:

the

impac

t of

dig

ital

in

form

atio

n s

tora

ge,

ret

riev

al, co

mm

unic

atio

n a

nd u

se o

n

issu

es o

f m

ilita

ry s

ecurity

; th

e ev

olution

of th

ought ab

out

the

pro

per

saf

eguar

ds

of

info

rmat

ion in t

he

dig

ital

age;

th

e pot

ential

impac

t of

dig

ital

info

rmat

ion o

n o

ur nat

ion.s

se

curity

; et

hic

al is

sues

rel

ated

to g

over

nm

ent co

llect

ion,

stora

ge,

and u

se o

f in

form

ation;

eth

ical

implic

ations

stem

min

g fro

m t

he

dig

ital

sto

rage,

com

munic

atio

n, an

d

use

of

info

rmat

ion;

the

role

of

IRM

in t

he

man

agem

ent

of

info

rmat

ion s

ecurity

; th

e ro

le o

f IR

M i

n t

he

ethic

al

issu

es s

urr

oundin

g d

igital

info

rmat

ion.

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requis

ites

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OP

ER

64

7 –

Qu

eu

ein

g S

yst

em

An

aly

sis:

This

cours

e begin

s w

ith a

n o

verv

iew

of

stoch

ast

ic m

odelin

g a

nd

tran

sfor

m m

ethod

s. T

hes

e te

chniq

ues

are

then

em

plo

yed

in e

quili

brium

anal

ysis

of

sim

ple

Mar

kov

and e

mbed

ded

M

ark

ov q

ueuein

g s

yst

em

s. R

esu

lts

are

exte

nded t

o

addre

ss m

ore

adva

nce

d m

odelin

g c

once

pts

such

as

priority

cust

om

ers,

bulk

arr

ival

s or

serv

ice,

gen

eral

ized

dis

trib

uti

ons

of

inte

rarr

ival

or

serv

ice t

imes,

and

net

wor

ks o

f queu

es. Po

tential

applic

atio

ns

are

dis

cuss

ed,

incl

udin

g p

erf

orm

ance

evalu

ati

on a

nd o

pti

miz

ati

on

of

com

munic

ation s

yst

em

s, t

ransp

ort

ation n

etw

ork

s,

com

pute

r sy

stem

s, a

nd o

ther

reso

urc

e c

onst

rain

ed

oper

atio

ns.

Pr

ereq

uis

ites

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PER 5

40 o

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05.

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redit h

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STA

T 5

83

– P

rob

ab

ilit

y a

nd

Sta

tist

ics

for

Co

mp

ute

r S

cien

ce: Bas

ic c

once

pts

of pro

bab

ility

and s

tatist

ics

with

com

pute

r sc

ience

applic

atio

ns

are

cove

red. T

opic

s in

clude:

Perm

uta

tions

and c

om

bin

ati

ons;

random

vari

able

s;

pro

babilit

y d

istr

ibuti

ons;

est

imati

on a

nd c

onfidence

in

terv

alhyp

oth

esis

tes

ting.

Prer

equis

ites

: N

one.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

QM

GT 6

80

- P

roje

ct R

isk A

naly

sis

This

cours

e c

overs

the c

once

pt

of

pro

ject

ris

k w

ith

an e

mphasi

s on f

orm

al

risk

analy

sis

meth

ods.

The

cours

e e

xpose

s st

udents

to a

vari

ety

of

appro

ach

es

for

eval

uat

ing r

isk

and u

nce

rtai

nty

as

they

apply

to a

dyn

am

ic d

ecis

ion-m

aki

ng e

nvi

ronm

ent.

Topic

s in

clude

de

fi nin

g r

isk,

DoD

ris

k polic

y, r

isk

identi

fi ca

tion,

risk

handlin

g,

qualit

ati

ve a

nd q

uanti

tati

ve r

isk m

eth

ods.

Both

anal

ytic

al a

nd s

imula

tion m

ethods

for

quan

tify

ing

cost

ris

k w

ill b

e dis

cuss

ed.

In o

rder

to c

over

sim

ula

tion

met

hods,

the

gen

eral

met

hod o

f M

onte

Car

lo s

imula

tion

will

be

intr

oduce

d. M

ethod

s of

nom

inal

rat

ings

and s

coring

mod

els

will

be

intr

oduce

d. The

pro

ble

m o

f inte

gra

ting ris

k an

alys

es into

a t

ota

l m

easu

re o

f risk

will

be

dis

cuss

ed.

Met

hods

for

docu

men

ting a

nd p

rese

nting r

isk

anal

ysis

w

ill c

om

ple

te t

he

cours

e.(4

cre

dit h

ours

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sim

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ethods,

wirel

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net

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obili

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, net

work

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curity

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form

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ultip

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cces

s, T

CP/

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d A

synch

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sfer

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) te

chnolo

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s,

pro

toco

ls, des

ign o

f bac

kbone

and a

cces

s net

work

s, a

nd

net

work

man

agem

ent

met

hods

and p

roto

cols

.

Prer

equis

ites

: CSCE 5

60 a

nd p

erm

issi

on o

f in

stru

ctor.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE

68

9 -

Dis

trib

ute

d S

oft

wa

re S

yste

ms:

The

obje

ctiv

e o

f th

is c

ours

e i

s to

rig

oro

usl

y e

xte

nd t

he

fundam

enta

ls o

f co

mpute

r oper

atin

g s

yste

ms

into

more

ad

vance

d f

eatu

res.

Topic

s in

clude

dis

trib

ute

d o

per

atin

g

syst

ems,

dis

trib

ute

d fi

le s

yste

ms,

dis

trib

ute

d s

ched

ulin

g,

fault t

ole

rance

, an

d m

ultip

roce

ssor

oper

atin

g s

yste

ms.

Em

phas

is i

s giv

en t

o t

he

mat

hem

atic

al m

odel

ing a

nd

anal

ysis

of th

e ad

vance

d fea

ture

s to

det

erm

ine

required

sy

stem

pro

pert

ies

as

well

as

case

stu

dy a

naly

sis

of

exis

ting a

nd p

ropose

d a

dva

nce

d o

per

atin

g s

yste

ms.

Prer

equis

ites

: CSCE 4

31,

CSCE 4

89 a

nd C

SCE 4

92.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE

72

9 -

Ad

van

ced

Cyb

er

Att

ack

: Stu

den

ts w

ill

study,

anal

yze,

dev

elop a

nd c

hal

lenge

theo

ries

on t

he

applic

atio

n o

f cy

ber

pow

er (

offen

sive

and d

efen

sive

) to

ach

ieve

str

ate

gic

and o

pera

tional

mili

tary

obje

ctiv

es.

O

bje

ctiv

es a

re fo

r st

uden

ts to

under

stan

d a

nd a

pply

cyb

er

war

fare

in it

s va

rious

form

s; d

emonst

rate

sys

tem

s-le

vel

under

stan

din

g o

f in

form

atio

n s

yste

ms,

vuln

erab

ilities

, and c

apabili

ties;

unders

tand o

rganiz

ati

onal

pla

nnin

g

and d

eci

sion p

roce

sses;

unders

tand c

yber

warf

are

an

d j

oin

t w

arfa

re;

dem

onst

rate

abili

ty t

o a

nal

yze

and

solv

e oper

atio

nal

pro

ble

ms;

and t

hin

k st

rate

gic

ally

and

oper

atio

nal

ly,

apply

ing t

he

conce

pts

of cy

ber

war

fare

to

the

pro

ble

m o

f ach

ievi

ng n

atio

nal

and m

ilita

ry o

bje

ctiv

es.

Topic

s w

ill i

ncl

ude c

yber

polic

y a

nd d

oct

rine,

traci

ng

stra

tegy

to tas

ks to

suppor

t m

ilita

ry o

bje

ctiv

es, ta

rget

ing,

stra

tegic

and o

per

atio

nal

cyb

er inte

lligen

ce,

mea

suring

effe

cts,

and leg

al/e

thic

al iss

ues

. The

cours

e cu

lmin

ates

in d

evel

opin

g,

inte

gra

ting a

nd d

efen

din

g a

n o

per

atio

nal

cy

ber

annex

pla

n t

hat

support

s a

notional

thea

ter

leve

l oper

atio

ns

pla

n.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE 7

25

- I

nfo

rmati

on

Syst

em

Secu

rity

, Ass

ura

nce

an

d A

naly

sis

II: T

his

cou

rse

pla

ces

incr

ease

d e

mphas

is

on o

ffen

sive

info

rmat

ion w

arfa

re tec

hniq

ues

(in

form

atio

n

att

ack

, off

ensi

ve c

ounte

r in

form

ation).

Stu

dents

are

ex

pose

d t

o d

isass

embly

and d

ecom

pila

tion t

ools

and

tech

niq

ues

to a

nal

yze

and e

xplo

it s

oft

war

e ap

plic

atio

ns.

A s

yste

mat

ic a

ppro

ach to R

ed T

eam

ing is

pre

sente

d w

ith

clas

s pro

ject

s ai

med

at

support

ing t

his

met

hodolo

gy.

Prer

equis

ites

: CSCE 6

25 a

nd p

erm

issi

on o

f the

inst

ruct

or.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE 7

54

– A

dvan

ced

To

pic

s in

Co

mp

ute

r N

etw

ork

s: T

his

is

the

adva

nce

d c

ours

e in

net

work

s an

d p

roto

cols

. T

he

obje

ctiv

e of th

is c

ours

e is

to

exte

nd t

he

fundam

enta

ls o

f co

mpute

r co

mm

unic

atio

n

syst

ems

into

more

adva

nce

d t

opic

s ac

tive

ly b

eing

rese

arch

ed.

The

cours

e su

rvey

s cu

rren

t des

ign

and im

ple

men

tation t

echniq

ues

for

dev

elopm

ent

of

hig

h p

erfo

rman

ce c

om

pute

r net

work

s as

wel

l as

to

pre

par

e st

uden

ts for

doin

g r

esea

rch p

roje

cts

in t

his

ar

ea.

Topic

s ar

e dra

wn fro

m c

urr

ent

pap

ers

in t

he

fi el

d.

Em

phas

is is

giv

en t

o t

he

mat

hem

atic

al m

odel

ing

and a

nal

ysis

of th

e ad

vance

d fea

ture

s to

det

erm

ine

required

sys

tem

pro

per

ties

. T

hes

e ty

pes

of an

alys

es

are

rein

forc

ed t

hro

ugh s

imula

tion p

roje

cts.

Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: CSCE 6

54.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

EEN

G 5

09

- F

un

dam

en

tals

of

Ele

ctro

nic

Warf

are

: This

cours

e st

udie

s th

e nat

ure

of in

form

atio

n

oper

atio

ns

(and info

rmat

ion w

arfa

re)

and its

ra

mifi

cations

for

info

rmat

ion s

yste

m s

ecurity

and

surv

ivab

ility

. It

pro

vides

a foundat

ional

under

stan

din

g

of ra

dio

com

munic

atio

ns

syst

ems,

rad

ar a

nd s

enso

r sy

stem

s, a

nd e

lect

ronic

war

fare

tec

hniq

ues

. Ta

ctic

al

and o

per

atio

nal

EW

doct

rine

and e

mplo

ymen

t in

m

ilita

ry a

pplic

atio

ns

are

also

exp

lore

d.

Exa

mple

s m

ay b

e dra

wn fro

m c

urr

ent,

his

torica

l, a

nd e

mer

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pro

gra

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urr

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m c

onsi

sts

of

the f

ollo

win

g

com

ponen

ts:

1)

core

cours

es;

2)

a m

athem

atic

s or

mat

h

scie

nce

cours

e; 3

) cy

ber

oper

atio

ns

dep

th;

4)

an indiv

idual

th

esis

; an

d 5

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ditio

nal

Dep

artm

ent

requirem

ents

(w

hen

ap

plic

able

).

Co

re C

ou

rses

(20 q

uar

ter

hours

)

The

obje

ctiv

e of

core

cours

es i

s to

pro

vide

gra

duat

e-le

vel

educa

tion in

Cyb

er O

per

atio

ns

thro

ugh a

ser

ies

of co

mpute

r an

d info

rmat

ion p

roce

ssin

g-r

elat

ed c

ours

es.

Thes

e co

urs

es

cove

r a

wid

e ra

nge

of to

pic

s in

cludin

g c

om

pute

r net

work

ing,

adva

nce

d a

nd d

istr

ibute

d o

pera

ting s

yst

em

s, a

nd d

ata

se

curity

, al

l in

corp

ora

ting p

rinci

ple

s an

d b

est

pra

ctic

es f

or

pro

tect

ing v

ital

info

rmat

ion r

esourc

es:

CSCE 5

25

Intr

oduct

ion t

o I

nfo

rmat

ion W

arfa

reCSCE 5

44

Dat

a Sec

urity

CSCE 6

25

Info

rmat

ion S

yste

ms

Sec

urity

, Ass

ura

nce

a

nd A

nal

ysis

I

CSCE 5

60

Intr

oduct

ion t

o C

om

pute

r N

etw

ork

ing

o

r CSCE 6

54 C

om

pute

r Com

munic

atio

n N

etw

ork

s

CSCE 7

25

Info

rmat

ion S

yste

m S

ecurity

, Ass

ura

nce

and

Anal

ysis

II

Math

em

ati

cs R

eq

uir

em

en

ts (

4 q

uar

ter

hours

)

Stu

den

ts a

re r

equir

ed t

o t

ake

at

least

one

cours

e in

gra

duate

math

em

atics

or

math

sci

ence

. A g

raduate

-le

vel

pro

babili

ty a

nd s

tatist

ics

cours

e (i

.e., S

TAT 5

83

Probab

ility

and S

tatist

ics

for

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

or

CSCE

554 F

undam

enta

ls o

f Perf

orm

anence

Analy

sis

and

Exp

erim

enta

l D

esig

n)

is h

ighly

rec

om

men

ded

to f

ulfi

ll th

is r

equirem

ent.

Sugges

ted c

ours

es incl

ude

CSCE 5

31

Dis

cret

e M

athem

atic

s, C

SCE 5

32 F

inite

Auto

mat

a, a

nd

OPE

R 6

47 Q

ueu

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ry.

Cyb

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era

tio

ns

in D

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th (1

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quar

ter

hours

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Cyb

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per

atio

ns

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ts w

ill s

elec

t fr

om

the

follo

win

g

cours

es t

o p

rovi

de

dep

th.

CSCE 5

26

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ure

Soft

war

e D

esig

n a

nd D

evel

opm

ent

CSCE 5

27

Cyb

er F

ore

nsi

cs

CSCE 5

28

Cyb

er D

efen

se a

nd E

xplo

itat

ion I

CSCE 5

29

Bio

met

rics

for

Sec

urity

and I

nfo

rmat

ion

Sys

tem

s CSCE 6

28

Cyb

er D

efen

se a

nd E

xplo

itat

ion I

I CSCE 6

29

Cyb

er A

ttac

kCSCE 7

29

Cyb

er O

per

atio

ns

Cap

stone

EEN

G 5

09

Fundam

enta

ls o

f Ele

ctro

nic

War

fare

IMG

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84

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ateg

ic I

nfo

rmat

ion M

anag

emen

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Man

ager

ial Asp

ects

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Info

rmat

ion W

arfa

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88

Sec

urity

and E

thic

s in

the

Info

rmat

ion A

ge

Th

esi

s (1

2 q

uar

ter

hours

)

The

capst

one

of

the

AFI

T G

CO

pro

gra

m i

s th

e th

esis

. The t

hesi

s is

an i

n-d

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stu

dy o

f an i

nfo

rmati

on

ass

ura

nce

/cyb

er o

per

ations

rese

arc

h t

opic

of

inte

rest

to

the

studen

ts,

thei

r th

esis

advi

sor, a

nd t

he

Air F

orc

e an

d/o

r th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Def

ense

(D

oD

). T

he

thes

is

enco

mpas

ses

twel

ve (

12)

quar

ter

hours

. Thes

e tw

elve

hours

are

typ

ical

ly a

lloca

ted o

ver

thre

e (4

sum

mer

, 4

fall,

4 w

inte

r) o

r fo

ur

term

s (2

spri

ng,

2 s

um

mer, 4

fa

ll, 4

win

ter)

dep

endin

g o

n s

tuden

t’s

cours

e lo

ad a

nd

sched

ulin

g a

vaila

bili

ty.

Gra

du

ate

Cyb

er

Op

era

tio

ns

Deg

ree -

Th

esi

s R

eq

uir

ed

The

Gra

duate

Cyb

er O

per

ations

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) pro

gra

m i

s a s

ix-

quar

ter, 1

8-m

onth

, re

siden

t pro

gra

m lea

din

g t

o a

Mas

ter

of

Sci

ence

deg

ree

with a

maj

or

in C

yber

Oper

atio

ns.

The

GCO

pro

gra

m f

ocu

ses

on C

om

pute

r N

etw

ork

Oper

atio

ns

(CN

O)

em

phasi

zing b

oth

off

ensi

ve a

nd d

efe

nsi

ve m

easu

res

and

counte

rmeasu

res.

Stu

dents

norm

ally

ente

r th

is p

rogra

m

in S

epte

mber

and g

raduat

e 18 m

onth

s la

ter

in M

arch

. Fo

r m

ilita

ry s

tuden

ts, th

e G

raduat

e of Cyb

er O

per

atio

ns

pro

gra

m

satisfi

es

the

OCYC (

form

erly

0CYA

) Aca

dem

ic S

pec

ialty

Code

requirem

ents

.

A c

om

ponen

t of

cyber

oper

atio

ns

is info

rmat

ion a

ssura

nce

. In

form

atio

n A

ssura

nce

(IA

) pro

tect

s in

form

atio

n in s

tora

ge,

in

use

and in

tra

nsm

issi

on. To

support

IA, pro

fess

ional

s m

ust

under

stand s

cien

tifi c

dis

ciplin

es t

o e

nsu

re t

he

secu

rity

of

critic

al

infr

astr

uct

ure

s su

ch a

s:

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pute

r an

d n

etw

ork

sec

urity

• Cry

pto

gra

phy

• Com

pute

r fo

rensi

cs•

Sys

tem

s se

curity

engin

eering a

nd o

per

atio

ns

• Applic

atio

n s

oft

war

e se

curity

• Thre

at a

nd v

uln

erab

ility

ass

essm

ents

and a

nal

yses

Cy

be

r O

pe

rati

on

s a

lso

en

co

mp

asse

s m

an

ag

eri

al

asp

ect

s su

ch a

s:

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ateg

ic a

nd t

actica

l pla

nnin

g•

Man

ager

ial an

d e

ngin

eering e

thic

s•

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esponsi

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form

atio

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ssura

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form

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per

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and t

hei

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mif

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secu

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din

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per

atio

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doct

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f IO

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ncl

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man

d a

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re, in

fl uen

ce o

per

atio

ns,

mili

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dec

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psy

cholo

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al

opera

tions,

and n

etw

ork

opera

tions.

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phas

is i

s on c

om

pute

r an

d n

etw

ork

sec

urity

topic

s,

to in

clude

net

work

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roto

cols

, pro

tect

ion m

echan

ism

s,

acc

ess

contr

ol,

auth

enti

cati

on,

and d

ata

secu

rity

. The c

ours

e e

ngenders

a s

yst

em

s-ori

ente

d v

iew

poin

t w

hile e

xam

inin

g m

ilit

ary

and n

ati

onal

info

rmati

on

infr

ast

ruct

ure

s, i

ncl

udin

g s

uperv

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contr

ol

and

data

acq

uis

itio

n (

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syst

em

s, v

uln

era

bilit

ies,

in

terd

ependenci

es,

thre

ats

, and o

pport

unit

ies

for

explo

itat

ion.

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equis

ites

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one.

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redit h

ours

)

CS

CE

5

26

-

Se

cu

re

S

oft

wa

re

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es

ign

a

nd

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evelo

pm

en

t: This

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es e

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ents

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m

com

pute

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curity

. T

opic

s ad

dre

ssed

in

clude s

oft

ware

secu

rity

pri

nci

ple

s, s

ecu

rity

analy

sis

tech

niq

ues,

buff

er

overr

uns,

acc

ess

contr

ols

, ra

ce

conditio

ns,

input va

lidat

ion, n

etw

ork

soft

war

e se

curity

and

test

ing. S

tuden

ts t

akin

g t

his

cours

e w

ill u

nder

stan

d t

he

thre

ats

to s

oft

war

e se

curity

, how

hac

kers

exp

loit p

oorly

writt

en s

oft

war

e, a

nd w

ill lea

rn a

bout

counte

rmea

sure

s an

d thei

r lim

itat

ions.

Lab

orat

ory

exper

imen

ts a

re in

fuse

d

to s

tren

gth

en t

he

under

lyin

g p

rinci

ple

s.Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: Stu

dents

shou

ld u

nde

rsta

nd

C a

nd

asse

mbl

y

languag

e pro

gra

mm

ing s

ynta

x an

d c

onst

ruct

s.

Prer

equis

ites

: N

one.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE 5

27

- C

yb

er

Fo

ren

sics

: T

his

cours

e dis

cuss

es

Cyber

Fore

nsi

cs a

nd i

ts e

ffect

s on b

oth

Info

rmati

on

War

fare

, an

d t

raditio

nal

fore

nsi

c sc

ience

s. S

tuden

ts w

ill

gai

n i

nsi

ght

into

the

com

pute

r’s

role

in c

rim

e, a

nd t

he

dig

ital

evi

den

ce t

hat

is

avai

lable

in a

com

pute

r re

late

d

inve

stig

atio

n.

Topic

s in

clude

the

legal

ram

ifi ca

tions

of

evid

ence

gath

eri

ng,

chain

-of-

cust

ody,

and m

eth

ods

for

evid

ence

pre

serv

ati

on,

identi

fi ca

tion,

extr

act

ion,

docu

men

tation,

inte

rpre

tation a

nd t

he

tools

ava

ilable

. Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: none.

Co-r

equis

ites

: CSCE 5

25.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE

52

8 -

Cyb

er

De

fen

se

an

d E

xp

loit

ati

on

I:

This

cours

e dis

cuss

es t

he

har

dw

are/

soft

war

e to

ols

and

tech

niq

ues

ass

ocia

ted w

ith the

pro

tect

ion a

nd e

xplo

itat

ion

of c

ompu

ter sy

stem

s an

d net

wor

ks. S

tude

nts

will

lear

n h

ow

to p

rote

ct a

nd e

xplo

it n

etw

ork

res

ourc

es in p

repar

atio

n

for

the

annual

Cyb

er D

efen

se E

xerc

ise.

Cours

e to

pic

s in

clude

the

DoD

and U

SAF

polic

y an

d d

oct

rine

asso

ciat

ed

with the

pro

tect

ion o

f co

mm

unic

atio

n res

ourc

es in

trusi

on

det

ection s

yste

ms,

fi r

ewal

ls, H

oney

pots

and H

oney

net

s,

span o

f co

ntr

ol

and a

ccess

ibili

ty,

and u

se o

f va

rious

com

mer

cial

and D

oD

tools

for

syst

em p

rote

ctio

n a

nd

explo

itat

ion.

Prer

equis

ites

: CSCE 5

25 a

nd p

erm

issi

on o

f in

stru

ctor.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE 5

29

- B

iom

etr

ics

for

Secu

rity

& I

nfo

rmati

on

S

yst

em

s: This

cours

e pro

vides

an intr

oduct

ion t

o

bio

met

rics

and b

iom

etric

syst

ems.

Cours

e m

ater

ial

Ph

.D.

Pro

gra

ms:

The

Dep

artm

ent

of Ele

ctrica

l and C

om

pute

r Engin

eering

off

ers

doct

ora

l pro

gra

ms

of

study i

n w

hic

h y

ou c

an

spec

ializ

e in

cyb

er t

opic

s in

Com

pute

r E

ng

ine

eri

ng

, Com

pute

r Sci

ence

, an

d E

lect

rica

l Engin

eering t

hat

lea

d

to t

he

awar

d o

f a

Ph.D

.

The

Doc

tor of

Philo

sophy

deg

ree

is a

res

earc

h d

egre

e th

at

reco

gniz

es m

aste

ry o

f a

fi el

d o

f st

udy,

a d

emonst

rate

d

abilit

y t

o c

onduct

independent

rese

arc

h,

and t

he

dis

sem

inat

ion o

f si

gnifi

cant

and o

rigin

al c

ontr

ibutions

to

the

body

of kn

ow

ledge

in that

fi el

d. The

Gra

duat

e Sch

ool

of

Engin

eeri

ng a

nd M

anagem

ent

spec

ifi es

the

deg

ree

requir

em

ents

for

the s

chool’s

doct

ora

l pro

gra

m.

The

thre

e doct

ora

l pro

gra

ms

offer

ed w

ithin

the

dep

artm

ent

are

diffe

rentiat

ed fro

m o

ne

anoth

er b

ased

on the

area

of

rese

arch

spec

ializ

atio

n c

hose

n b

y ea

ch s

tuden

t.

DEG

REE R

EQ

UIR

ED

: M

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n r

ele

vant

are

a (

or

BS

in

rele

vant

area

if

apply

ing d

irec

tly

to t

he

Ph.D

. pro

gra

m

afte

r co

mple

ting a

BS d

egre

e)

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EQ

UIR

ED

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inim

um

of 3

6 q

uar

ter hou

rs (pos

t-M

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consi

stin

g o

f 28 h

ours

of

inte

gra

ted c

ours

ework

whic

h

suppor

ts the

studen

t’s

area

of r

esea

rch s

pec

ializ

atio

n a

nd

8 h

ours

of m

athem

atic

s.

DIS

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At le

ast 48 q

uar

ter hours

of D

isse

rtat

ion

Res

earc

h c

redit,

lead

ing t

o t

he

succ

essf

ul co

mple

tion o

f th

e Ph

.D.

dis

sert

atio

n.

Co

urs

e D

esc

rip

tio

ns:

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7

focu

ses

on h

ow

bio

met

ric

syst

ems

are

use

d f

or

acce

ss s

ecurity

. T

opic

s co

vere

d incl

uded

the

theo

ry

and d

esig

n o

f va

rious

bio

met

ric

syst

ems

to incl

ude

fi nger

printing,

voic

e re

cognitio

ns,

Iris

and r

etin

al

scan

nin

g,

and g

ait

reco

gnitio

n.

Per

form

ance

met

rics

su

ch a

s th

e pro

bab

ilities

of

fals

e al

arm

and f

alse

ac

cepta

nce

are

dis

cuss

ed a

s w

ell as

rec

eive

r oper

atin

g

char

acte

rist

ic c

urv

es.

Per

form

ance

tra

de-

off

s ar

e pre

sente

d.

Stu

den

t la

bora

tory

exe

rcis

es a

re c

onduct

ed

to r

einfo

rce

conce

pts

dis

cuss

ed in c

lass

. Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: N

one.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE

53

1 -

Dis

cre

te M

ath

em

ati

cs:

This

cours

e pro

vid

es

more

in-d

epth

covera

ge,

analy

sis,

and

applic

atio

n o

f se

t th

eory

, bin

ary

rela

tions,

funct

ions,

and

fi rs

t-or

der

pre

dic

ate

calc

ulu

s fr

om C

SCE 4

31. Spec

ifi ca

lly,

more

em

phas

is is

pla

ced o

n a

pply

ing p

redic

ate

calc

ulu

s an

d p

ract

ice

doin

g p

roofs

, both

ded

uct

ive

and in

duct

ive,

fo

rmal

pro

ofs

and i

nfo

rmal

pro

ofs

. N

ew

topic

are

as

incl

ude:

set

count

abili

ty a

nd r

esolu

tion-b

ased

theo

rem

pro

ving.

This

cours

e al

so p

rovi

des

det

aile

d a

nd v

arie

d

exam

ple

s of

how

dis

cret

e m

athem

atic

s is

applie

d in

oth

er

gra

duat

e co

urs

es in c

om

pute

r sc

ience

and e

ngin

eering.

Prer

equis

ites

: CSCE 4

31.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE 5

32

- A

uto

mata

an

d F

orm

al L

an

gu

ag

e T

heory

: The

obje

ctiv

e of

this

cours

e is

to p

repar

e th

e st

uden

t w

ith a

basi

c fo

undation i

n t

he c

once

pts

of

auto

mata

an

d f

orm

al lan

guag

e th

eory

. To

pic

s co

vere

d w

ill incl

ude

Turing m

achin

es,

fi nite

stat

e au

tom

ata,

com

bin

atorics

, an

d f

orm

al lan

guag

e t

heo

ry.

Prer

equis

ites

: N

one.

Co-r

equis

ites

: CSCE 5

31.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE

54

4 -

Da

ta S

ecu

rity

: This

cours

e p

rese

nts

th

e r

udim

ents

of

data

secu

rity

. The e

mphasi

s is

on

crypto

gra

phy,

begin

nin

g w

ith s

imple

cip

hers

, and

exte

ndin

g t

o p

ublic

key c

rypto

gra

phy b

ase

d o

n

sophis

tica

ted n

um

ber

theore

tic

consi

dera

tions.

Oth

er

topic

s in

clude k

ey

managem

ent,

acc

ess

contr

ols

and

infe

rence

contr

ols

.Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: N

one.

(4

cre

dit h

ours

)

CS

CE 5

54

- F

un

dam

en

tal

of

Perf

orm

an

ce A

naly

sis

& E

xp

eri

men

tal

Desi

gn

: T

he

purp

ose

of

this

cours

e is

to p

rese

nt

pra

ctic

al t

echniq

ues

for

the

mea

sure

men

t,

sim

ula

tion,

and a

nal

ysis

of

syst

ems

incl

udin

g c

om

pute

r sy

stem

s, s

oft

ware

, and c

om

munic

ati

on n

etw

ork

s. A

sy

stem

ati

c appro

ach

to p

erf

orm

ance

evalu

ati

on i

s dev

eloped

. This

cours

e al

so c

over

s how

to u

se m

easu

red

data

to c

om

pare

sys

tem

s usi

ng e

lem

enta

ry s

tatist

ics

incl

udin

g c

on

fi dence

inte

rvals

. Experi

menta

l desi

gns

such

as

single

and m

ultip

le-f

act

or

experi

ments

, fu

ll-fa

ctorial

, an

d f

ract

ional

fac

torial

des

igns

are

pre

sente

d.

Dev

elopm

ent

of re

gre

ssio

n m

odel

s fr

om

mea

sure

d d

ata

and e

ffect

ive p

rese

nta

tion o

f data

and e

xperi

menta

l re

sults

is d

iscu

ssed

. O

ther

topic

s in

clude:

sel

ection a

nd

char

acte

riza

tion o

f w

ork

load

s an

d p

ract

ical

sim

ula

tion

tech

niq

ues

. Tim

e per

mitting, q

ueu

ing theo

ry a

nd ran

dom

-va

riat

e gen

erat

ion w

ill b

e co

vere

d.

Prer

equis

ites

: STA

T583 o

r STA

T586 o

r eq

uiv

alen

t(4

cre

dit h

ours

)

CS

CE 5

60

- I

ntr

od

uct

ion

to

Co

mp

ute

r N

etw

ork

ing

: This

cours

e pro

vides

an in

troduct

ion t

o t

he

fundam

enta

l co

nce

pts

in t

he

des

ign a

nd im

ple

men

tation o

f co

mpute

r com

mu

nic

ati

on

n

etw

ork

s,

their

p

roto

cols

, an

d

applic

ations.

Stu

dents

will

unders

tand a

nd e

valu

ate

netw

ork

pro

toco

ls.

The c

ours

e d

iscu

sses

the b

asi

c per

form

ance

and e

ngin

eering tra

de-

offs

in the

des

ign a

nd

imple

men

tation o

f co

mpute

r net

work

s.

Topic

s in

clude:

ove

rvie

w o

f netw

ork

arc

hitect

ure

s, n

etw

ork

topolo

gy

des

ign,

applic

ations,

net

work

pro

gra

mm

ing i

nte

rface

s (e

.g., s

ocke

ts),

tra

nsp

ort pro

toco

ls,

fl ow

con

trol

, ro

uting,

net

work

pro

toco

ls,

dat

a lin

k pro

toco

ls,

addre

ssin

g,

and

loca

l are

a n

etw

ork

s.

Exam

ple

s are

dra

wn p

rim

ari

ly

from

the

Inte

rnet

(e.

g., T

CP,

UD

P, a

nd I

P) p

roto

col s

uite.

Sock

ets

pro

gra

mm

ing a

nd n

etw

ork

sim

ula

tions

are

use

d

to e

mphas

is t

opic

s.Pr

ereq

uis

ites

: N

one.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE 6

25

- I

nfo

rmati

on

Syst

em

s S

ecu

rity

, Ass

ura

nce

A

nd

An

aly

sis

I:

This

cours

e ex

amin

es t

he

secu

rity

of

com

pute

r sy

stem

s an

d n

etw

orks

usi

ng the

tool

s pro

vided

by

pro

pos

itio

nal

and p

redic

ate

logic

to

dis

cove

r under

lyin

g

princi

ple

s of se

curity

. Com

pute

r an

d n

etw

ork

sec

urity

is

in a

rap

id s

tate

of ch

ange;

princi

ple

s of

sec

urity

, how

ever

, re

mai

n c

onst

ant.

This

cours

e ta

kes

the

appro

ach t

hat

th

e “k

ey t

o u

nder

standin

g t

he

pro

ble

ms

in c

om

pute

r se

curity

is rec

ognitio

n that

the

pro

ble

ms

are

not

new

.” T

he

cours

e sy

nth

esiz

es e

lem

ents

fro

m c

om

pute

r net

work

ing,

oper

atin

g s

yste

ms

secu

rity

, an

d d

ata

secu

rity

within

an

analy

tic

fram

ew

ork

. To

pic

s addre

ssed i

ncl

ude a

ccess

co

ntr

ol

matr

ices,

pro

tect

ion m

odels

, co

nfi denti

alit

y,

inte

grity

, rep

rese

nting id

entity

, fl o

w a

nd c

onfi nem

ent,

and

mal

icio

us

logic

and intr

usi

on d

etec

tion.

Stu

den

ts t

akin

g

this

cours

e w

ill u

nder

stan

d t

he

thre

ats

to i

nfo

rmat

ion

reso

urc

es a

nd w

ill le

arn a

bou

t co

unte

rmea

sure

s an

d thei

r fu

ndam

enta

l lim

itat

ions.

Prer

equis

ites

: N

one.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE 6

28

- C

yb

er

Defe

nse

an

d E

xp

loit

ati

on

II:

This

co

urs

e ex

pose

s st

uden

ts to rea

l-lif

e ex

per

ience

s th

rough

the

Cyb

er D

efen

se E

xerc

ise

(CD

X).

The

studen

ts a

ctiv

ely

par

tici

pat

e w

ith o

ther

DoD

inst

itutions

in t

he

def

ense

of

the

AFI

T C

yber

Def

ense

Net

work

. Stu

den

ts w

ill u

se t

he

tools

and tec

hniq

ues

lear

ned

in C

DE I d

uring the

conduct

of

the

CD

X.

Follo

win

g t

he

CD

X,

studen

ts w

ill p

erfo

rm

afte

r ac

tion

anal

yses

of t

he

dat

a to

cre

ate

less

ons-

lear

ned

an

d im

pro

ve d

efen

sive

cap

abili

ties

.Pr

ereq

uis

ite(

s):

CSCE 5

28 a

nd p

erm

issi

on o

f in

stru

ctor.

(4 c

redit h

ours

)

CS

CE

62

9 -

Cyb

er

Att

ack

: This

cours

e pro

vides

an

intr

oduct

ion t

o t

he

use

of cy

ber

att

ack

in o

rder

to a

ttai

n

national

secu

rity

obje

ctiv

es.

Stu

dents

will

learn

the

legal

lim

itat

ions

of cy

ber

att

acks

as

wel

l as

how

to a

ttac

k an

d e

xplo

it n

etw

ork

res

ourc

es u

sing h

ardw

are/

soft

war

e to

ols

and t

ech

niq

ues.

Cours

e t

opic

s in

clude t

he D

oD

and U

SAF

polic

y and d

oct

rine a

ssoci

ate

d w

ith a

ttack

an

d e

xplo

itat

ion, sp

ecifyi

ng m

ilita

ry o

bje

ctiv

es, defi

nin

g

targ

ets,

exp

loitin

g t

arget

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