Computer Security II: Operating System and Network Security

Catalog description

Students will study many different attack techniques with an emphasis on the defense against these attacks. Topics include applied networking, features of various operating systems, operating system attacks and defenses, methods for network reconnaissance and scanning, network attacks against confidentiality and integrity, denial of service attacks, and secure network architecture. This is part of a two course sequence and allows students to delve further into the field of computer security after completing CPSC 270 .