Information Assurance

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course introduces students to means of assuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information through mechanisms of technology, policy, and education. Topics will include: encryption mechanisms; policy development and risk analysis; physical and personnel security; identity and authentication; malicious code; secure program design, development, and review; system auditing and integrity; computer forensics; TCP/IP security including DoS, intrusion detection, firewalls, and wireless security; and legal, social, and ethical issues.