网络安全是一种管理与信息，数据以及用于这些目的的系统和过程的使用，处理，存储和传输有关的风险的实践。更简单地说，网络安全与彻底了解对计算机系统的威胁（例如病毒和计算机犯罪分子）以及制定和部署解决方案以保护网络空间有关。网络安全涵盖了操作系统内部，密码学，渗透测试，逆向工程，数字取证和社会工程方面的工作。<br> <br> UNO在该地区拥有最强大的网络安全计划，并被指定为国家学术卓越中心美国国家安全局（NSA）和国土安全部（DHS）进行的网络安全教育（CAE）和研究（CAE-R）中的CAE（CAE），这是
Cyber Security is the practice of managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data and the systems and processes used for those purposes. More simply, Cyber Security is concerned with thoroughly understanding threats to computer systems, such as viruses and computer criminals, and formulating and deploying solutions to protect cyberspace. Cyber Security encompasses work in operating systems internals, cryptography, penetration testing, reverse engineering, digital forensics, and social engineering.<br><br>UNO has the strongest Cyber Security program in the region and is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Security Education (CAE) and Research (CAE-R) by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)the only university holding these designations in the State of Louisiana. Faculty and students in the IA program at UNO work together on cutting edge problems involving reverse engineering malicious software, developing better digital forensics tools to help investigators recover data and solve computer crimes more efficiently, and creating new strategies for battling computer viruses.<br><br>Research and instruction are carried out in two state-of-the-art facilities: The UNO Cyber Center (UNOCC) and the Networking and Security Laboratory (NSSAL). These labs provide workstations with an extensive array of commercial and open source software, including IDA Pro, AccessData's Forensic Toolkit, and zynamics BinDiff and BinNavi, to expose students to the same tools that IA professionals use in their day-to-day jobs. All of our IA classes contain extensive laboratory componentsyou will do IA, not just sit and listen to lectures.