System and Software Security

Catalog description

This course gives an introduction to secure administration of operating systems and software. Common vulnerabilities, their associated attacks and current defenses in systems and software are discussed. Students are introduced to penetration testing and other means of detecting vulnerabilities. Students also learn system administration skills for managing configurations (hardware and software), accounts, access control, firewalls, ports, patches and virtual machines and to create simple scripts. Both Linux/Unix and Windows operating systems are discussed.