Computer Systems Security ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

The course covers today’s newest technologies, attacks, standards, and trends. The course contents include complete, timely coverage of all aspects of computer security, including users, software, devices, operating systems, networks, and data. Reflecting rapidly evolving attacks, countermeasures, and computing environments. The introduces best practices for authenticating users, preventing malicious code execution, using encryption, protecting privacy, implementing firewalls, detecting intrusions, and more. Students start by mastering the field’s basic terms, principles, and concepts. Next, they apply these basics in diverse situations and environments, learning to “think like an attacker” and identify exploitable weaknesses. Then they will switch to defense, selecting the best available solutions and countermeasures. Finally, students will go beyond technology to understand crucial management issues in protecting infrastructure and data.