CPSC 470 Computer Security II: Operating System and Network Security

This course allows students to delve further into the field of computer security after completing CPSC 270. Students will study many different attack techniques with an emphasis on the defense against these attacks. Topics include applied networking, features of various operating systems, operating system attacks and defenses, methods for network reconnaissance and scanning, network attacks against confidentiality and integrity, denial of service attacks, and secure network architecture.

Credits

4 credits

Prerequisite

CPSC 130, 131, 230, 270, and 340; Corequisite: CPSC 445

Corequisite

CPSC 445

Distribution

Advanced

Notes

140-UG level 4 advanced