Cyber Criminology and Cybersecurity Online Graduate Certificate

Apply modern intelligence techniques to collect and analyze open-source information. You’ll complete this course with an ability to validate data sources, as well as knowledge of the history of open-source data collection and an understanding of the ethical issues surrounding collecting data from public sources.

Explain the four forms of cybercrime, cyber-terror, cyberwarfare and their impacts on individuals, organizations and government. Explain the legal frameworks used to prosecute cybercrimes at the state and federal level in the U.S., as well as comparative legal models used to criminalize these behaviors in other nations. Understand the local, state and federal law enforcement agencies responsible for policing cybercrime, as well as the role of private industry in affecting these offenses. Collect, query, manage and analyze data using applicable tools and techniques. Summarize and communicate information about cybercrime and cybersecurity threats to diverse audiences.

Focus on the field of digital forensics and its use to gather evidence and interpret information for criminal and civil litigation, as well as its use for intelligence gathering, research, policy enforcement and information security incident response. Specific topics will include legal aspects governing search and seizure, qualifying as an expert witness, the role of file systems and operating systems and basic tools for computer and mobile device acquisition, analysis and reporting.

Examine the networked resources that support the internet and the basics of the OSI model, or Open Systems Interconnection Model. Detail the protocols used to structure and route packets across a layered network like the internet. Consider the role of each layer and the role of the application layer in engendering applications. Study the development of mobile phones, cloud-based storage and IoT devices and their potential impact on the internet and networked devices generally. Discuss the inherent flaws and vulnerabilities produced by the OSI model and the internet.

Examine the use of technology and the internet in the furtherance of terror and extremism across the globe. Understand the complex nature of this crime type, its links to physical offenses and its significance across a variety of disciplines including the social sciences and Information Systems. Discuss difficulties defining terrorism, its links to cybercrime and difficulties in measuring and combating these offenses. Talk about the use of cyberattacks by nation-states and the difficulties disentangling attacks by extremist groups, military groups and unaffiliated ideological actors. Examine different methods applied by terrorist groups, such as computer hacking, fraud and social media messaging campaigns. Address the development of security technologies used to defend against these attacks, as well as the laws used to investigate and prosecute these behaviors.