CY 2550 — Foundations of Cybersecurity

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summerBostonOakland, CAOnlineOnlineTraditional

Presents an overview of basic principles and security concepts related to information systems, including workstation security, system security, and communications security. Discusses legal, ethical, and human factors and professional issues associated with cybersecurity, including the ability to differentiate between laws and ethics. Offers students an opportunity to use a substantial variety of existing software tools to probe both computer systems and networks in order to learn how these systems function, how data moves within these systems, and how these systems might be vulnerable. Covers security methods, controls, procedures, economics of cybercrime, criminal procedure, and forensics.

Prerequisites

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Summer B 202329517455%39.5
Fall 2023419024378%13.3
Spring 2024324327788%11.3
Summer A 20241788790%9.0
Summer B 20241798296%3.0
Fall 2024524124499%0.6
Spring 2025741149583%12.0
Summer A 20251778591%8.0
Summer B 20251718584%14.0
Fall 2025421021697%1.5
Spring 2026525735273%19.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 38% · T 24% · W 41% · Th 33% · F 23%

Common patterns: async (31% of sections), MWR (29% of sections), TF (20% of sections), W (6% of sections), MTWR (4% of sections), U (3% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

CY 5200, CY 5210, CY 5240

Courses that list CY 2550 in their prerequisites.

Links

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