Applied Cryptography for Business

Catalog description

Prerequisites: INFSYS 3806 and INFSYS 3848 , or consent of instructor. This course provides an overview of the building blocks of contemporary cryptographic solutions to address information security needs in organizations. The focus will be on understanding cryptographic primitives and applying them to assure confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation among other information security goals. Using best practices, students will work on projects aimed at evaluating, selecting, and implementing an appropriate mix of cryptographic solutions given particular application domains. Application areas in traditional as well as cloud-based information technology environments will be considered. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3864 and INFSYS 6864 .