INFOSEC
CPSC 375
Principles of Information Security and Assurance
Course Description:
This course focuses on information security, integrity and privacy techniques. Topics include the nature and challenges of computer security, the relationship between policy and security, the role and application of cryptography, the mechanisms used to implement policies, the methodologies and technologies for assurance and vulnerability analysis and intrusion detection. Prerequisite: CPSC 160 with a grade of C or better.
Text:
Title: Principles of Information Security
Edition: 2
Authors: Michael E. Whitman and Herbet J Mattord
Publisher: Thomson, Course Technology
ISBN: 0-619-21625-5
Chapters:
1.
Introduction to Information Security
2.
The Need for Security
3.
Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Information Security
4.
Risk Management
5.
Planning for Security
6.
Security Technology: Firewalls and VPNs
7.
Security Technology: Intrusion Detection, Access Control, and Other Security
Tools
8.
Cryptography
9.
Physical Security
10.
Implementing Information Security
11.
Security and Personnel
12.
Information Security Maintenance
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