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Cyber Engineering

Bachelor of Applied Science

Coursework Location(s)

Chandler
Douglas
Mauritius
Online - Arizona Online
Online - Global Direct
Pima Community College East
Sierra Vista
Yuma

Areas of Interest
  • Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
  • Computer & Information Science
  • Law, Policy & Social Justice
  • Mathematics, Statistics & Data Science
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Communication, Journalism & Public Relations
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
Become part of a critical layer of defense for the nation and its citizens in what's known as the next frontier: cyber security. The Bachelor of Applied Science in Cyber Operations with an emphasis in Defense and Forensics is one of three tracks. The Defense and Forensics track is a cyber-education program. Students learn how to defend systems and networks as well as how to identify and apply techniques used in the collection and analysis of cyber-based evidence. Through an exclusive state-of-the-art virtual learning environment (VLE) called Cyberapolis, Cyber Operations majors attack and counterattack systems to learn about cyber vulnerabilities and how they can be exploited and defended. The Defense and Forensics Track conforms to academic requirements from the National Security Agency's Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) and Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).
Learning Outcomes
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving; Demonstrate understanding of how variability affects outcomes; how to identify anomalous events; how to integrate and differentiate continuous functions of multiple variables; and how to solve complex problems using computation and scripting languages. Cyber Threat Intelligence; Describe and demonstrate how knowledge about an adversary's motivation, intentions, and methods are collected, analyzed, and disseminated to help security personnel and business staff to align resources and protect critical assets within an enterprise architecture. Defensive Cyber Operations; Describe, evaluate, and operate a defensive network architecture employing multiple layers of protection using technologies appropriate to meet mission security goals. Forensics; Demonstrate and explain how to acquire a forensically sound image; understand user activity; determine the manner in which an operating system or application has been subverted; identify forensic artifacts left by attacks; and recover deleted and/or intentionally hidden information. Law, Ethics, & Policy; Describe and explain the relationship between cyber ethics and law; criminal penalties related to unethical hacking; and apply the notion of Gray Areas to articulate where the law has not yet caught up to technology innovation. Malware Reverse Engineering; Safely perform static and dynamic analysis of unknown software, including obfuscated malware, to fully understand the software's functionality. Networking; Demonstrate a thorough understanding of how networks work at the infrastructure, network and applications layers; how they transfer data; how network protocols work to enable communication; and Networkinghow the lower-level network layers support the upper ones. Offensive Cyber Operations; Explain and demonstrate the phases of offensive cyber operations; what each phase entails; who has the authorities to conduct each phase; and how operations are assessed after completion. Operating Systems & Low Level Programming; Demonstrate a thorough understanding of various operating systems and be able to develop low level applications with the required complexity and sophistication to implement exploits for discovered vulnerabilities. Security Principles & Vulnerabilities; Demonstrate and explain the various types of vulnerabilities and their underlying causes; how security principles interrelate and are typically employee to achieve assured solutions; and explain how failures in fundamental security design principles can lead to system vulnerabilities that can be exploited as part of an offensive cyber operation.
Sample Courses
  • CYBV 388: Cyber Investigations and Forensics
  • CYBV 477: Advanced Computer Forensics
  • CYBV 481: Social Engineering Attacks & Defenses
Career Fields
  • Government agencies
  • Military
  • Defense
  • Law enforcement
  • Information technology management
Level of Math
General Knowledge
LEVEL OF SECOND LANGUAGE
2nd Semester Proficiency
Pre-major Required?
NO
Sample Plans 2020 - Cyber Engineering

First Year

1st Semester
Credits
Recommended AAS Pathway
0.00
ENGL 101
3.00
1st Semester Second Language
4.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
2nd Semester
Credits
ENGL 102
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
2nd Semester Second Language
4.00
AAS Required Math
3.00

Second Year

3rd Semester
Credits
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course or elective
2.00
4th Semester
Credits
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course
3.00
AAS Required Course or elective
2.00
Tier II General Education
3.00

Third Year

5th Semester
Credits
Tier II General Education
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00
6th Semester
Credits
CYBV 301: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
3.00
CYBV 326: Network Analysis
3.00
CYBV 385: Intro to Cyber Operations
3.00
APCV 320 Computational Thinking and Doing
3.00
ENGV 306: Advanced Composition
3.00

Fourth Year

7th Semester
Credits
CYBV 388: Cyber Forensics & Investigations
3.00
CYBV 400: Active Cyber Defense
3.00
CYBV 435: Cyber Threat Intelligence
3.00
CYBV 329: Cyber law, Ethics, & Policy
3.00
BASV 314: Mathematics for Applied Sciences
3.00
8th Semester
Credits
Tier II General Education
3.00
CYBV 480: Cyber Warfare
3.00
Cyber Elective: CYBV 436, 477, 481
3.00
CYBV 498: Senior Capstone
3.00
CYBV 454 or 473
3.00

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