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CS 461 - Computer Security I

Spring 2021

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Computer Security IAL448199OLC41230 - 1345 M W    Michael Bailey
Computer Security IALG70797OLC41230 - 1345 M W    Michael Bailey
Computer Security IAY163507OD00900 - 0950 F    
Computer Security IAY263508OD01000 - 1050 F    
Computer Security IAY363509OD01100 - 1150 F    
Computer Security IAY463510OD01200 - 1250 F    
Computer Security IAY563511OD01300 - 1350 F    
Computer Security IAY663513OD01400 - 1450 F    
Computer Security IAY748198OD01500 - 1550 F    

Course Description

This course introduces the fundamental principles of computer and communications security and information assurance. Topics include ethics, privacy, notions of threat, vulnerabilities, and risk in systems, malicious software, data secrecy and integrity issues, network security, and trusted computing. The course will cover mandatory, discretionary, and role-based access control policies as well as certification and accreditation of systems against security standards. Security mechanisms will include authentication, auditing, access control, confidentiality, non-repudiation, cryptography, protocols, availability, intrusion detection, and multilevel secure systems.

Credit Hours

3 or 4 hours (CS certificate students must take this course for 4 hours).

Prerequisites

A course in data structures and software principles (such as CS 225) and a course in system programming (such as CS 241).

Subject Area

  • Computer Science