Information Technology: Cybersecurity

This course provides an introduction to the meaning of community service.  Students learn how community service can enhance a student’s educational experience, personal growth, employability, and civic responsibility. Students participate in one day of volunteering to enhance their understanding of civic responsibility and to help the New Brunswick Community College realize its vision of transforming lives and communities. 

This course is designed to provide students with a fundamental understanding of security principles and practices as it relates to cybersecurity. Students explore historical events, their impact on the evolution of the profession and emerging trends. In addition, they examine human and technical vulnerabilities in order to employ mitigation strategies and security defence techniques.

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to formally evaluate risk in an enterprise environment. Students learn about the risk concepts, Harmonized Threat and Risk Assessment (HTRA) framework, and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

This course introduces students to the knowledge and skills needed to secure an enterprise network.  Students explore architectural components and their role in construction and implementation of various protocols.

This course is designed to provide students with the skills required to deploy and manage security products. Students explore anti-malware, intrusion detection and prevention software. Also examined are Data Loss Prevention (DLP) principles and practices as a means to mitigate risk.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to perform penetration testing in an enterprise environment. Ethical Hacking explores white and black hat hacking practices as well as their ethical ramifications. Engaging in lectures and labs, students’ use common hacking tools to exploit vulnerabilities by planning and executing their own pen test.

Prerequisites:

• SECS1037B
• SECS1067A
• SECS1068A

This course provides students with a basic understanding of incident response and forensics. It focuses on how to detect, classify, and handle security incidents. Also, students learn the proper techniques to prepare and deliver a crisis communication plan. Incident Response and Forensics explores forensic principles and processes, including evidence retrieval and preservation.

Prerequisites:

• SECS1037B
• SECS1067A
• SECS1068A

This capstone gives students the opportunity to perform both attack and defence tactics within a gamified scenario. This ‘capture the flag’ style activity provides students with real-world penetration testing experience, while also managing the protection of their network given budgetary constraints. The object of the game is for teams to have the most virtual money at the end of the five-week capstone. Money is awarded based on the student’s ability to defend their networks (crown jewel assets) and attack peer networks. Students must make hard choices to protect their networks.
 
The focus areas of this capstone are:

• - Risk management and reporting
  - Prioritization of security budget
  - Continuous monitoring and response against motivated attackers
  - Hardening of systems

This course provides students with an in-depth knowledge of Windows OS security. Students explore security management configurations, practices, and hardening techniques for Windows environments. In addition, students examine key security products and their impact on risk mitigation.
 

This course provides students with an in-depth knowledge of Linux OS security. Students explore security management configurations, practices, and hardening techniques for Linux environments. In addition, students examine key security products and their impact on risk mitigation.
 

This course provides students with an in-depth knowledge of OS and NOS security. Students explore security management configurations, practices, and hardening techniques for Windows, Unix and Linux environments. In addition, students examine key security products and their impact on risk mitigation.

Prerequisites:

• SECS1067A
• SECS1068A

This course is designed to provide students with a fundamental knowledge of application security practices. Students learn how to assess applications to ensure the development of good security practices. In addition, students provide recommendations to reduce risks and possible vulnerabilities through an examination of web applications and enterprise application architecture.  They will also examine human and vulnerabilities in order to employ mitigation strategies and security defence techniques

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge to interpret local, national, and international rules, regulations, standards, and laws for the purpose of security compliance. Students explore criminal behaviour and legal implications. In addition, students examine the characteristics and confines of professional ethics. Engaging in lectures and case studies, students’ investigate security policies, privacy legislation and evidence collection protocols. 

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to secure an enterprise network. Students explore architectural components and their role in mitigation, various protocols, hardening techniques, and patching.

Prerequisites:

• SECS1037B

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge of enterprise vulnerabilities for the purpose of security mitigation. Students explore assessment tools, techniques and processes. Engaging in lectures and labs, students’ perform evaluations and remediations. 

In addition  students develop knowledge and skills to work with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) products. They learn SIEM basics and how to perform installation. They also explore configuration procedures and tuning techniques.

Prerequisites:

• SECS1054B

A safe and healthy workplace is the responsibility of the employer and the employee. This course introduces students to the importance of working safely and addresses how employers and employees can control the hazards and risks associated with the workplace. Students will also learn about the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders including WorkSafeNB, the employer and the employee in ensuring workplaces are safe.