Computer Security
IT 666
Class Times: Class 6:10 pm - 7:30 pm TR Aug 27, 2012 - Dec 07, 2012
Email: ken.graf@cs.unh.edu
Class Location: Kingsbury N111
Repository: Blackboard
Office Hours: By appointment : Kingsbury N242
Course Texts: None required.
Recommended reading list by lecture : (here)
Course Syllabus : (here)
Description: Provides students with the skills to recognize and diagnose potential security issues in computer and network systems. Through readings, case studies, exercises, research papers, exams and personal experience, students will discuss and debate security policies and legislation, system procedures, security tools and techniques and the patterns that attackers use to foil security systems. Other topics include types of attacks, viruses, intrusion detection and tracking, firewalls, trust relationships and authentication, secure connections, and cryptography. At the conclusion of the course, student will have a heightened sense of security in the actions they take when using and maintaining computer systems. Pre-requisites: CS 402 or IT 520 or permission of the instructor. No credit if credit earned for CIS 615.
Course Goals: The IT666 Computer Security course will offer the student the skills required to understand system security from the perspective of the information technologist, architect, manager and system administrator. By the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to understand:
. What computer and network security is.
. How computer systems fail.
. How system risks can be evaluated.
. How well a computer security system may mitigate the risks to a system.
. How the costs and trade-offs of a security solution may be balanced.
. When and how cryptography can be used securely.
. How viruses and worms propagate and how they can be stopped.
. What the essential problems and solutions are in network security.
. How intrusions can be detected and investigated.
Your participation is key to fully understanding the material. Grading will be based on assignments, a project and exams.
Last modified on May 10, 2012. Comments and questions should be directed to ken.graf@cs.unh.edu