COURSE DESCRIPTION

Master in Cyber Security

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0347140	Blockchain technology	3
A0347133	Cyber Threat and Incident Response	3
A0347131	Advanced Digital Forensics	3
A0347143	Cloud Computing Security	3
A0347141	Legal governance and Compliance	3
A0347101	Research Methodologies	3	This course will prepare students for advanced research by examining how to plan, conduct and report of empirical investigations. The course will cover techniques applicable to each of the steps of a research project, including formulating research questions, theory building, data analysis (using both qualitative and quantitative methods), building evidence, assessing validity, and publishing. There will be a semester-long project in which students select, design, and execute research project and present the result at the end of the semester.
A0347130	Advanced Cryptography	3
A0347132	Advanced Networks Security	3

Course Code	Course Name	Credit hours	Description
A0347142	Offensive and Defensive Techniques	3
A0347144	Cyber-Physical System and Security	3
A0347125	Selected Topics in Cybersecurity	3
A0347126	Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity	3
A0347145	Quantum Cryptography	3
A0347146	Current Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity	3
A0347111	Information Systems Risk Management	3	This course introduces and defines the main types of risks that the information system in organizations may face and need to consider to ensure their security and business continuity. This course focuses on the identification and assessment of assets, threats and vulnerability in order to plan the appropriate information system security in the organization. It will survey preventive and containment techniques available to address the potential risk areas. Topics include cyber system architecture, security risks, and vulnerabilities, security management practices, intrusion detection and prevention systems, a cyber-risk mitigation strategy, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans.