Faculty and Courses

The following are courses offered during previous IT Lab sessions. Courses are subject to change.

Introduction to Information Security

This course introduces a variety of cyber security topics from a management, policy, and technology framework. Topics covered include; security of user-web interaction; safeguarding the Internet of Things; cyber-warfare; securing virtual, cloud, and mobile environments; and legal and ethical issues of security and privacy.

Randy Trzeciak holds a dual appointment between Heinz College and the CERT Program at the Software Engineering Institute. Randy is the Director of the Master of Science in Information Security Policy and Management program at CMU and instructs the core introductory course in the program. At CERT, Randy is the Technical Manager of the Enterprise Threat and Vulnerability Management Team and the Insider Threat Center

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Data Management and Security

Data plays a fundamental part in the functioning of the modern world. As custodians of this data, databases affect almost every aspect of our lives—education, employment, entertainment, tax, medical, commercial—to name a few. In the broader picture of information security, database security is a critical facet. In this course, we will study how to design, build, work with, and secure a database.

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network defenses

This course takes a hands-on approach, introducing students to network defenses to block, mitigate, and detect cyber-attacks. Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network sniffers are some of the tools students will learn to deploy and configure in a live lab environment. Time will also be spent learning how to analyze data to make conclusions about the network that is being monitored and actively attacked.

Toby Meyer is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute and a Team Lead in the CERT Cyber Workforce Development Directorate. He is a cybersecurity professional with extensive industry experience and serves as an adjunct in the Master of Science in Information Security Policy & Management and Master of Science in Information Technology programs at CMU.

What's next? 

Apply now to the IT Lab Summer Cybersecurity Fellowship.