COMPUTER ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE 566
INFORMATION SECURITY (3 Cr.)
Instructors :
Dr. James Graham and Mr. Michael Losavio
Prerequisite :
CECS 311 and CECS 420
Objectives : At the conclusion of this course, the successful (passing) student will be able to:
- identify issues of computer security relating to standalone computer systems, networked computers and mobile computing systems.
- explain various approached to authentication and intrusion detection in computing systems.
- explain various approaches to encryption of information.
- identify potential civil or criminal liability arising from the violations of authorized access to computing systems and the failure to adequately secure computing systems from unauthorized access.
- demonstrate the ability to communicate, both in written and oral form, an analysis of fact situations indicating potential problems in information security and solutions to those problems.
Text : W. Stallings, Network Security Essentials, Prentice-Hall, 2000.
Schedule :
1. Security Models and Vulnerabilities (3 classes)
2. Symmetric Encryption Algorithms (2 classes)
3. Public Key Cryptography (2 classes)
4. Authentication (3 class)
5. IP Security (2 classes)
6. Secure Electronic Commerce (2 classes)
7. Network Management Security (3 class)
8. Intrusion Detection (2 class)
9. Viruses, Worms and Related Threats (3 classes)
10. Firewalls (2 classes)
11. Biometric Authentication (3 classes)
12. Development of Secure Applications (2 classes)
13. Computer Forensics (2 classes)
14. Security Policy and Users (2 classes)
15. Legal and Ethical Information Practices (3 classes)
16. Team project presentations (3 classes)
17. Quizzes and exams (3 classes)
Grading Policy :
Individual paper on security topic - 25%
Team project - 25%
Laboratory experiments - 10%
Exams and class participation - 40%
