CS 559. Computer Security

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID: 014107

Computer security is one of the three traditional branches of information security. It studies the security of digital data within a computer system, either stand-alone or networked, and the control of the computer system. Basic computer security building blocks include entity authentication, access control (including discretionary access control and mandatory access control [MAC]), MAC-based security models, formal methods, security development and evaluation, security auditing, and database access control. Prerequisite(s): CS graduate students who have been unconditionally admitted to the graduate program.