CYS 578 Advanced Operating System Hardening

This is a graduate level course on operating system hardening which is essential to network security and information security. The course provides a comprehensive guide to securing popular operating systems against cyberattacks and intruders. Students with fundamental knowledge of operating systems and networks security will learn concepts of cyberattacks to operating systems and countermeasures, as well as advanced hands-on skills and tools to detect these attacks and prevent them from succeeding. Two hour lecture and two hour laboratory, course meets four hours per week.