MAE 5390

Cybersecurity for Cyber-Physical and Aerospace Systems

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The goal is to identify and analyze the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by cyber-physical systems, particularly within the constraints of assets like space systems and their infrastructure. The course will then focus on applying practical mitigation techniques to enhance the security of such critical infrastructure operations.

Prerequisites SYSEN 5100 and MAE 5160.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

Outcomes

• Engineer an attack against a cyber-physical system using methods and frameworks discussed in class.
• Explain the motivations of attackers, the unique security challenges of cyber-physical systems and the expansive surface areas that attackers are interested in as both targets and vectors.
• Identify opportunities to infuse practical, implementable low-hanging fruit security practices into space system development processes.
• Articulate future cyber-physical system capabilities and propose how these assets and their services will need to be secured.

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