IS493 Information Security

This course introduces security issues in various aspects of computing, particularly security fundamentals, security in programs, operating systems, networks, databases, and Internet applications, and symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.
In addition, students will undertake two security projects: 1) Exploitation and 2) Defense. In the Exploitation project, and only for educational purposes, students will use an attack image, such as Kali Linux or BeEF, to find and exploit a vulnerability, such as existing vulnerabilities in Metasploitable 2 image (a deliberately vulnerable Linux environment). In the Defense project, students will implement a cryptosystem (e.g., RSA, Elliptic curve, Hill cipher, etc.), demonstrating both encryption and decryption processes.
Students completing this course should be better able to build more protective system designs following structured and engineered methods. Students will also learn to implement basic crypto primitives and conduct high-level research in security and privacy issues.

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