Computer Security

Catalog description

This course surveys basic cryptography and security principles and foundations. It focuses on the elements of a cryptographic system, the differences between symmetric cryptographic algorithms and asymmetric cryptographic algorithms, hash functions, public key cryptography, key management, cipher techniques, and authentication. It introduces several access control mechanisms, security, confidentiality, integrity, availability, hybrid policies, design principles, identity representation, malware, vulnerability analysis, auditing, intrusion detection, and attacks and responses. Application areas include network, system, user, and program security.