University of North Carolina at Pembroke · Courses
CYB
13 courses with the subject CYB, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CYB 3020Introduction to Cybersecurity (3 credits)3
This course is designed for students with no security background and covers basic terminology and concepts in cybersecurity. Introduces threat model, CIA, authorization and authentication, secure programming, malware, web security, email security, operating systems security, network security, database security, security in the cloud, privacy, security management and organizational policy, legal issues, and ethics. PREREQ: CSC 2250, CSC 2260
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
CYB 3500Laws, Ethics and Compliance in Cybersecurity (3 credits)3
To minimize liabilities and reduce risks from electronic, physical threats and reduce the losses from legal action, the information security practitioner must understand the current legal environment and stay informed of emerging laws and regulations. This course examines the ethical, legal, and regulatory compliance issues related to the practice of cybersecurity. The course focuses on the requirements and challenges of data protection, privacy laws, fraud and risk management, intellectual property, IT auditing, and ethical corporate codes of conduct. The course covers key mandates and laws in cybersecurity and also the IT audit process and techniques. PREREQ: CYB 3020
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
This course introduces the theory and application of network security and related topics. Students will develop the skills necessary to address the security needs of enterprise and personal networking environments. The course covers network attacks and vulnerabilities as well as current defenses. General threat classifications are discussed as they relate to the CIA triad: eavesdropping (confidentiality), man-in-the-middle (integrity), and denial-of-service (availability). Real-world attack incidents and implementations are used to tie concept to reality. Defensive technologies and techniques, including authentication, access control, cryptography, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, routing and DNS security, communication privacy and anonymity, wireless security, cloud security, segmentation, log/traffic monitoring, reputation-based security, and secure protocol (SSH, TLS, DNSSEC) usage are discussed and demonstrated. Course projects will focus on the application of security tools to real world problems. Hands-on labs and exercises are used to reinforce lectures and provide practical implementation experience. PREREQ: CYB 3020 & (CSC 3360 or ITC 3700)
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
CYB 4030Introduction to Digital Forensics (3 credits)3
Digital forensics is the science used in investigations of computer-related criminal activities. This course is a 3-credit hour upper-level course examining the principles and practice of digital forensics. Students will learn a variety of algorithms, protocols, tools, and methodology of computer forensics including building a forensic lab, collecting evidence, network forensics, mobile forensics, and storage media analysis. PREREQ: CSC 2850 and CYB 3020
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
This course will focus on the fundamental and practical knowledge of cryptography and its applications. Covers diverse topics on cryptography such as conventional encryption, public-key crypto, one-way hashing, Elliptic curve crypto, digital signatures, certificates, key exchange, key management, protocols, authentication, network access control, cloud computing security, electronic mail security, advanced crypto primitives, bitcoin and blockchain, codebreaking techniques, and the fundamental mathematical principles underlying encryption, PREREQ: CSC 3020
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
The course will focus on the principles of designing cybersecurity policies, implementation, and security management. Learn how to analyze and draft cybersecurity policies that can be used to help protect and maintain digital assets in the workplace. Provides insight into the implementation issues of those policies, and complexities of cybersecurity management in a typical organization. Learn how to, plan and manage network operations, and physical security, and perform risk assessments and recommend mitigations, and plan for business continuity and disaster recovery. Privacy and legal issues related to cybersecurity will also be covered. PREREQ: CSC 3020
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
This is an introductory course on Artificial Intelligence in cybersecurity. Topics include AI fundamentals; intelligent agents; search algorithms; supervised and unsupervised learning; decision tree learning; neural networks; deep Learning; nearest neighbor methods; AI/ML impact on cybersecurity; data-driven methods for applied cybersecurity and how they are used in applications such as Malware Analysis, Network Vulnerability Surveillance, Intrusion Detection, Risk Prediction, Incident Diagnosis, and Response, etc. The course also covers how hackers can use AI and Adversarial ML in Cybersecurity. PREREQ: CYB 3020
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
This course introduces proven and mature cloud computing technologies and practices with well-defined concepts, models and technology mechanisms and architectures and provides the fundamentals of security design to secure a cloud ecosystem. It surveys the traditional and cloud architectures from baseline functions and capabilities to sophisticated and complex environments. Topics include how to establish data asset management, identity and access management, vulnerability management, network security, and incident response in the cloud environment. PREREQ: CYB 3020 and (CSC 3360 or ITC 3070)
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
Self-driving networks are designed to self-configure, monitor, manage, correct, defend, and analyze, all with very little or no human intervention. This course teaches the students hands-on skills to investigate the security of self-driving networks. The course consists of 3 parts: i) Fundamental topics of self-driving networks, ii) Modules for investigation of security using a testbed, iii) Research projects. This is a hands-on course taught using a testbed and VMs designed for this course. This course includes well-defined group research projects to expose students to hot research areas of machine learning, big data and data analytics in addition to secure self-driving networks. PREREQ: CYB 3020, CSC 3360
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
CYB 4920Secure Software Development and Testing (3 credits)3
This course will explore the foundations of secure software engineering- constructing software systems that are resilient to vulnerabilities and attacks. Covers three areas; software coding, secure software analysis & design, software security testing. Students will be exposed to the attack patterns and known code vulnerabilities including, buffer overflow, stack/heap overflow, return-into-libc, integer overflow, uncontrolled format String, race conditions and etc. Students will learn the development of best secure coding practices and mitigation approaches through case studies and programming assignments. Security Lifecycle Approaches such as SDL, SDL-Agile, TouchPoint, Common Criteria, SQUARE, and CLASP will be introduced. Students will also learn about Abuse/Misuse cases, Security Requirements, Thread Modelling, Architecture Risk Analysis, Secure Designing, Sandboxing, Code Obfuscation, Code Review, Static Testing, Fuzz Testing, and Penetration Testing. PREREQ: CSC 2920, CSC 3020
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
Cybersecurity majors who have completed CYB 3020 and are in senior standing (with at least a 2.5 GPA) are eligible for internships in business, industry, or government entities. This is a pass/fail course. The course may be repeated, but no more than three hours will be applied as a major elective. Detailed requirements and application forms are maintained by the Coordinator of the Cybersecurity Internships. PREREQ: CSC 3020, Senior Standing, and Permission of Instructor
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated, but no more than three hours will be applied as a major elective.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
CYB 4990Independent Study in Cybersecurity (3 credits)3
Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing in cybersecurity under the direction of a faculty member. Open to seniors in Cybersecurity with a grade point average of 3.0 in the major and with the approval of the instructor. Students meet regularly with the professor to work on their independent study projects. Students should be willing to commit at least ten hours a week to work on independent study. PREREQ: CYB 3020 and Permission of Instructor
Subject
CYB
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
