Digital Security

By completing Southern Oregon University’s 12-credit badge in Digital Security, students develop intermediate skills in the three core toolsets within Digital Security: Network Security, System Security, and Web Security. The Digital Security badge provides a strong foundation for students interested in securing entry-level employment in security.

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Required Courses

Three courses totalling 12 credits, taken in sequence.
CS 456: Security 1 – 4 credits
CS 457: Security 2 – 4 credits

Select one of the following two courses:
CS 458: Security 3 – 4 credits
CS 455: Web Security – 4 credits

Additional Requirements

Students will be required to earn a minimum of a B- in all courses.

Learning Outcomes/Competencies

• Cryptographic protocols and algorithms including symmetric key encryption, public key encryption, hash functions and digital signatures
• Network Services including firewalls and intrusion detection
• The Domain Name System (DNS) and attacks against it
• Secure techniques for authentication and authorization
• Software vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, return oriented programming and race condition vulnerabilities
• Familiarity with tools that discover software vulnerabilities like fuzzers, static code analyzers and symbolic execution
• Defense against file injection attacks like Cross Site Scripting and SQL injection.
• The ability to think like an adversary to analyze security threats
• Hardware security issues such as Meltdown and Spectre