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Foundations of Cybersecurity covers the basics of the field, in a unique way, by using three things in every session: concepts, labs, and history. What is computer networking? What is artificial intelligence? What is encryption? What are digital forensic artifacts? How has the geolocation challenge evolved? What makes threats “advanced and persistent”? What are influence operations? What are truly advanced, technical intelligence capabilities? What’s the state-of-the-art in attribution? How has threat intelligence changed? Foundations is a high-bandwidth knowledge download, an entry point into an entire field, and will enable students to get the most out of other cybersecurity-related classes down the line. We will use ChatGPT (and other AI tools) as accelerants and assistants, especially for coding and command-line exercises.