CSC435 Computer Security

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is an introduction to computer security including formal models of security, security goals and fundamentals (confidentiality, integrity, availability, etc.), introduction to risk assessment and management, security standards in government and industry, cryptography, authentication, security operations, software attacks including malicious code and buffer overflows, social engineering, and injection attacks. 

Prerequisite: CSC326 Operating Systems.