CS 4920 - Information Security

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
This course provides a survey of computer security, consisting of the business case for security, principles of security, classes of vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overrun), and the principles of cryptography. Cryptography topics are covered in depth, including secret and public key methods, stream ciphers, and related tools and standards such as Kerberos and PGP. (prereq: CE 2801 or CS 2711 or EE 2905 or EE 2931)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Discuss the business case and the need for an increased focus on computer security, including types of vulnerabilities (social engineering, insecure libraries, etc.) and how current vulnerabilities are disseminated by the software community
Analyze computing systems with an awareness of various timely legal issues related to security and privacy
Choose appropriate security implementation techniques based on secret and public key cryptography, the use of hashing, and other cryptographic principles
Appraise competing tools for common security practices, such as public key encryption, firewalling, and securing network traffic

Prerequisites by Topic

Set algebra
High-level language/assembly relationship
OS and system API based design

Course Topics

Introduction and context
Cryptography
Authentication
Guest Speakers
Standards
Tools overview
x86 stack overruns in C

Coordinator
Michael Vieau

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CS 4920 - Information Security