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CISC 7320X Computer Security

(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as CIS 739.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)

37½ hours plus conference and independent work; 3 credits

Basic concepts of computer security: Security related services: confidentiality, integrity, availability. Threats, security policies and security mechanisms. Cryptographic concepts and terminology. Secure design principles. Information flow and the confinement problem. Life cycle of a secure and trusted system. System evaluation criteria. Trojan horses, worms and viruses. Vulnerability analysis. System auditing. Intrusion detection.

Prerequisite: Math 607 or a course in calculus, Computer and Information Science 7310X [704].

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