About This Course
Welcome to this comprehensive, undergraduate-level online video course designed for Bachelor of Computer Science students. This course provides a deep, structured exploration of modern computer and network security. In our increasingly digital world, securing information system assets is no longer just a technical requirement—it is a critical organizational and societal necessity.
Throughout this course, we will focus on three fundamental questions: What assets need protection? How are those assets threatened? And what countermeasures can we deploy to safeguard them? You will learn to analyze security challenges from both a theoretical design perspective and a practical system-administration viewpoint.
What You Will Learn
This course is organized into core knowledge areas designed to build your cybersecurity expertise systematically:
Why Take This Course?
This curriculum is directly aligned with the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula (Information Assurance and Security) and provides comprehensive coverage of the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). By completing this course, you will not only gain a rigorous academic foundation suitable for a Bachelor of Computer Science degree but also acquire practical, job-ready skills highly valued by the global cybersecurity industry.
Who Should Take This Course?
This course is specifically tailored for:
Every single course certificate issued by Atlanta College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ACLAS) is verifiable via our digital registry and is eligible for institutional authentication (Apostille/IECC), ensuring your professional milestones are recognized globally as of 2026.