Advanced Data Security Concepts

Catalog description

Prerequisites: ACCTNG 4435 and either ACCTNG 5465 or INFSYS 6828 . This course provides an in-depth examination of advanced principles of cybersecurity. A broad range of topics are covered, including penetration testing, formal verification of systems, formal models of information flow and protection, distributed system authentication, protocol design and attack, computer viruses and malware, as well as intrusion and anomaly detection models. Multi-level security architecture, active defenses, investigation and forensics, network firewalls, virtualization, anonymity and identity, mobile security, and database security models and mechanisms are also studied. The course content is largely influenced by the latest research in the field. Student may receive credit for only one of INFSYS 3858 , INFSYS 6858 , and ACCTNG 5467 .