Activities and Resources

This course introduces unique security challenges in software-defined radios (SDRs), such as lack of built-in encryption and authentication, unauthorized access and control, and attacks utilizing signal manipulation and frequency jamming. It offers a hands-on introduction to the areas of EMS signal processing, SDR, and wireless communication.

• course schedule: June 1 - June 30, 2024
• format: non-credit, online, offered through Canvas

This course focuses on algorithms and technologies to improve the analysis of 5G and beyond-5G networking systems, discovering security and privacy issues, and specific mitigations across the network lifecycle. It introduces the concepts of secure communication protocols and techniques specific to EMS systems and practices encryption, authentication, and access control security mechanisms.

• course schedule: June 1 - June 30, 2025
• format: non-credit, online, offered through Canvas

The course covers the fundamental knowledge and skills in cybersecurity and develops the ability to examine and analyze cybersecurity for enterprises and government. Topics include cybersecurity principles, cryptography basics, threats and vulnerabilities, access control and identify management, networks, applications, data, and host security.

• course schedule: January 16 – March 10, 2024
• format: non-credit, online, offered through Canvas

This course prepares college students to begin a career working with associate-level cybersecurity analysts within security operations centers and trains students with fundamental knowledge and administrative skills in operating systems. It covers the core security concepts and skills needed to monitor, detect, analyze, and respond to cybercrime, cyberespionage, insider threats, advanced persistent threats, regulatory requirements, and other cybersecurity issues facing organizations. It emphasizes the practical application of the skills needed to maintain and ensure the security operational readiness of secure networked systems.

• course schedule: March 25 – May 19, 2024
• format: non-credit, online, offered through Canvas

This course covers OpenStack and other cloud platforms on topics including instance launch and deployment, management of projects, users, roles, quotas, networks, routers, addressing, images, flavors, block storage, and customization of an instance.

• course schedule: 2025 (TBD)
• format: non-credit, online, offered through Canvas

This course covers the basics of penetration testing processes and tools, network protocols, network security, and scanning techniques, OS, web, database, and application security, malware analysis, and social engineering techniques. This course is designed for students with prior knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals, network protocols, and administrative skills in operating systems.

• course schedule: 2025 (TBD)
• format: non-credit, online, offered through Canvas

This course provides students with a foundational grasp of the Chinese language with a focus on its application within the context of cyber operations and digital security. Throughout this course, students will embark on an engaging journey into the Chinese language, exploring essential linguistic components such as phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, and basic conversational skills. Special emphasis will be placed on vocabulary and scenarios relevant to cyber operations, hacking, threat analysis, and information security.

• course schedule: June 1 – June 30, 2024
• format: non-credit, online, offered through Canvas

Exploring different types of automated scanners such as general-purpose port scanners, vulnerability scanners, and application-specific scanners (e.g., web server scanners).

Testing the strength of passwords using different tools (e.g., CPU- and/or GPU-based).

Analyzing network traffic and interacting with it (e.g., by using Python’s Scapy library).

The primary intent behind our summer research projects is to immerse undergraduate students in advanced topics and techniques within the realm of computer and EMS systems security. By engaging in these projects, students will not only familiarize themselves with the latest developments in the field but also hone their critical thinking and problem-solving prowess.

This theme is to usher students into the convergence of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, especially within the domain of EMS systems. Through this endeavor, students will grasp the intricacies of security threats within 5G ecosystems and the pivotal role AI can play in their detection and mitigation.