CY 5001 — Cybersecurity: Technologies, Threats, and Defenses

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: T/FArlington, VABostonOnlineHybridOnlineTraditional

Seeks to provide a systematic understanding of cyberspace technology and applications deployed in the global digital infrastructure. Covers topics in computer networks, server architectures, operating systems, and scripting. All the techniques and tools included in the course are oriented to serve as instruments of security administrators and cybersecurity professionals. Uses practical hands-on labs running on virtual machines and containers hosted in the cloud computing environment to train students. For that reason, a practical overview of virtualization technologies, containerization, and cloud computing models is provided.

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20231394980%10.0
Spring 20241133043%17.0
Fall 202416810068%32.0
Spring 20251295058%21.0
Summer A 2025165012%44.0
Fall 202528910982%10.0
Spring 202636811261%14.7

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 0% · T 92% · W 2% · Th 0% · F 73%

Common patterns: TF (73% of sections), T (19% of sections), async (6% of sections), W (2% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

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

Unlocks

CY 5120, CY 5130, CY 5150, CY 5770, CY 6740

Courses that list CY 5001 in their prerequisites.

Links

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