CIS 4367 - Computer Security

Credits: 3

Co-requisite or Prerequisite: CIS 4362 - Applied Cryptography
Co-requisite: COP 4610 - Operating Systems Concepts
Course Description: This course covers security issues in different aspect of computing. Topics covered are: access control mechanisms, authentication models, and vulnerability detection. Attacks and mitigation methods at the OS level. Database and operating system security issues, mobile code, security kernels. Malicious code, Trojan horses and computer viruses. Security policy formation and enforcement.