Computer and Network Security

Fundamentals of computer security and privacy, including security models, policies, and mechanisms. Cryptography for secure systems, including symmetric and asymmetric ciphers, hash functions, and integrity mechanisms. Authentication of users and computers. Network attacks and defenses at the network and application layers. Common software vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies. Secure operating systems and seminal access control models and policies. Principles of intrusion detection. Privacy, including considerations of end-user technologies.