Highly recommend this course if you can take it with Professor Lindsay and have an interest in the topic. This is the only OMSCS class I've taken so far where I was somewhat sad for it to end - minus the final project. I wanted the class to continue so we could learn more. It was an opportunity engage with the material, professor, and other students, without high stress or meaningless busywork. This environment was conducive to learning.

Professor Lindsay and the TAs are engaged with students in weekly office hour chats pertaining to current events in geopolitics and cybersecurity. The class is the most interactive of any OMS course I've taken, and feels more like what I'd get out of an in-person class. Part of the assignments include ongoing 1-2 weeks of discussions with other students, and it's interesting to learn from one another if you have an interest in the course topic.

The lectures are up to date, professional, and well put together. The assignments are effective at getting one to learn from the lectures, readings, and from other students.

Deliverables were:

• 4 group projects including 2 shorter papers, one 15-minute presentation, and a final longer paper. You review the same 2 cybersecurity incidents, which your group chooses, for each of the project deliverables. You also get to see 15-minute presentations on all the other groups' projects, so you have the opportunity to learn about several different cybersecurity incidents outside those covered in lectures.
• 4 learning modules, each of which includes 1.5-2 hours of high quality video lectures, Perusall readings which are interesting, relevant, and well chosen, and answering 3 discussion questions along with commenting on other students' discussion answers