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University Courses Blockchain Technology and Uses Graduate Course Villanova University ECE_8491 Course Objective: To provide both a technical understanding of how the blockchain (distributed ledger technology) works and case studies of how blockchain technology is being applied in a variety of industries related to asset management, payments, public records and supply chain management. The course addresses questions currently under research such as why and when to use blockchains, impacts on trust assumptions, how blockchains impact societies and economies, and what technical limitations currently exist in the evolution of blockchain technology. Ethical Hacking Graduate Course Villanova University ECE_8486 Course Objective: To provide a comprehensive overview of analytical tools and techniques to perform safe ethical hacking. The student will gain knowledge of how to effectively approach hacking by understanding how malicious hackers strategize attacks surfaces, apply various techniques for targeting systems, people and processes. The student will also learn methods to document vulnerabilities and plan response models for an organization. The course is intended to provide the student both technical and managerial insight to enhance an ethical hacking program within an organization. Introduction to Cybersecurity Graduate Course Villanova University ECE_ Course Objective: An introduction to the diverse field of cybersecurity, providing an introductory look at cybersecurity frameworks, ethical hacking, malware analysis, security information and event management (SIEM), cybersecurity behavioral analytics, and digital forensics. Cybersecurity Behavioral Analytics Graduate Course Villanova University ECE_8495 Course Objective: This course teaches fundamentals of cybersecurity behavior analytics using statistical predictive modeling, system dynamics modeling, and decision analysis to determine: how cyber attackers choose their attack vectors, why victims fail to secure their systems, why institutions view cybersecurity narrowly, and how network traffic anomalies reveal when attacks may be occurring. This course provides a set of valuable tools to quantitatively analyze and predict behavior in a complex security theater. Computer Forensics Graduate Course Villanova University ECE_8496 Course Objective: Computer Forensics ECE 8496 provides an introduction to the field of digital forensics for a variety of devices and application types. Evaluation of digital forensics covers computer, networks and mobile devices. The course looks at the creation of computer forensics labs and legal procedures that must accompany the handling of forensic evidence for a court of law. The course includes a capstone semester design project that applies classroom learning and outside research to contribute to the field of computer forensics and deepen one's learning experience.
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