26 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 335Unix & Linux Program3
Cross-listed as CPE 335. This course immerses the computer scientist into the world of UNIX and Linux programming and administration. It includes administration techniques, the installation of web, ftp, ntp, and other services; scheduled jobs, shell programming, RAID deployment, system data structures, the usage of UNIX command line utilities, networking, named-pipe data transfers, troubleshooting, and security operations. Lab fee $50. Spring semester.
354. This course contains theory and hands-on practice in topics to include: Cryptography, exploit development for penetration testing, intrusion detection, system hardening, ethical hacking, web app penetration testing, security plan development, and securing various types of operating systems. Fall semester.
Planning (3) IT disaster recovery: identifying the risks, analyzing impact, user recovery, facilities protection and recovery, system and network recovery, data recovery, writing the plan, implementing the plan, testing the plan and managing the plan, prevention. Spring semester.
as CPE 471. Computer and network in-depth forensic analysis by applying key techniques one byte at a time using various operating systems, memory systems, smartphone devices, and reverse-engineering of malware. Spring semester.
This course will prepare students to succeed in the areas of system reconnaissance, scanning, and exploitation, including investigation into viruses, attacks, defenses, ethical processes, cryptographic methods, remote administration, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing. Fall semester.
helps students understand the legal and policy issues associated with the Internet. Tackling a full range of legal topics, it includes discussion of jurisdiction, intellectual property, contracts, taxation, torts, computer crimes, online speech, defamation, and privacy. Sessions include recent, relevant cases, discussion questions and exercises at the end of each lesson. This will also encompass research and presentation skills for public and organizational use. Spring semester.
Business Continuity (3) This course examines incident response through planning, implementation, management, and review. The student will learn underlying technological requirements, business requirements, and tools for combating regulatory mandates. This will also provide a real-world analysis of
Virtualization and Cloud (3) This course introduces the fundamental concepts to understand operating systems design and usage. Topics include Windows Server (2016), Linux/UNIX, Virtualization (VMWare, Bochs, Xen, VirtualBox), and Cloud Computing. The student will be immersed in several operating systems, requiring proper configuration for network services and user administration. The student will be required to provide a research project involving the design, implementation, and management of a multiplatform and interoperable network. Spring semester.
CYB 554Principles of Cybersecurity (3) This course
provides an introduction to the fundamentals of network security, including compliance and operational security; threats and vulnerabilities; application, data, and host security; access control and identity management; and cryptography. The course covers new topics in network security as well, including psychological approaches to social engineering attacks, Web application attacks, penetration testing, data loss prevention, cloud computing security, and application programming development security. The student will also gain presentation and management skills for information security projects. Fall semester.
CYB 571Digital Forensics (3) This course presents the
leading programs for practical forensic techniques. The text introduces legal and technical challenges, offering detailed coverage of crucial topics such as mobile forensics, Mac forensics, cyberbullying, and child endangerment. The practical activities require the student to extract, analyze, and report on several different digital media, using hands-on mastery of modern digital forensics tools and techniques. Spring semester.
This course will investigate a multitude of topics needed to become an Ethical Hacker, Security Professional, or well-informed technology staff. This course will concentrate on real-world application of hacking techniques, ethical and spiritual motivations of malicious hackers, and defensive concerns for protecting systems. This course will provide a solid foundation for ethical hacking certifications and penetration testing with Metasploit. Fall semester. 2026-2027 200
CYB 610Intrusion Detection and Prevention (3) This
course investigates the methods by which security professionals can detect and respond to individual and persistent threats. In depth labs provide the student with the skills needed to implement and manage an intrusion detection or prevention system, while solid foundational theory allows the students to utilize any upcoming technology that the future may provide. Fall semester.
(3) This course will introduce the student to terrorism history and concepts, criminal and terrorist motivations and differences, global terror and crime network analysis, methods of influence, fraud, digital network analysis concepts, and methods to analyze dark networks. The student will understand the underpinnings of the current and past terror movements and methods currently employed to detect and disrupt these phenomena. Fall semester. Geneva College 2
introduce the student to secure programming techniques and concepts that focus on common pitfalls programmers encounter when striving to publish their code. This includes handling input, buffer overflows, output and exceptions, and other common issues. There is also a focus on web-enabled systems and deployment of C and Java-based software. Spring semester.
This course will investigate a multitude of topics needed to become an Ethical Hacker, Security Professional, or well-informed technology staff. This course will concentrate on real-world application of hacking techniques, ethical and spiritual motivations of malicious hackers, and defensive concerns for protecting systems. This course will provide a solid foundation for ethical hacking certifications and penetration testing with Metasploit. Fall semester.
CYB 690Cloud Security (3) Cloud computing is used in
every facet of private and public organizations around the world. This course discusses concepts related to cloud computing and provides insight into the risks and solutions to protect cloud computing resources. Summer semester. Campus Life at Geneva
