CS 559. Computer Security

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID: 014107 Grading Basis GRD

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. This course covers 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 511 , CS 512 , and CS 515 or equivalents.