COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY

Catalog description

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. This course covers the basics of computer and network security. Topics in computer security include cryptography; security of computer programs, databases, operating systems; and multi-level security. Topics in network security include confidentiality, authentication, secure electronic transactions, IP security, intrusion detection, and firewalls. Besides contributing to the development of quantitative reasoning, this course also explores ethical issues arising from computer and network security.