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ECE 422 ALG - Computer Security I

Spring 2021

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Computer Security IALG70798OLC41230 - 1345 M W     Michael Bailey

Course Description

This course covers fundamental principles of computer and communications security and information assurance: ethics, privacy, notions of threat, vulnerabilities, and risk in systems, information warfare, malicious software, data secrecy and integrity issues, network security, trusted computing, mandatory and discretionary access controls, certification and accreditation of systems against security standards. Security mechanisms: authentication, auditing, intrusion detection, access control, cryptography, security protocols, key distribution.

Credit Hours

4 hours

Prerequisites

CS 241 or ECE 391.

Subject Area

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering