COMP 422 - Information Privacy and Security

When Offered: F, S, SS

3 Credit(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hour(s)

This course examines the security and privacy issues associated with information systems. There are cost/risk trade-offs to be made. Discussed topics include technical, physical, and administrative methods of providing security, access control, identification, and authentication. Encryption is examined, including Data Encryption Standards (DES) and public key crypto-systems. Management considerations such as key protection and distribution, orange book requirements, and OSI data security standards are covered. Privacy issue is covered, as is current cryptographic research. The topics to be covered include; Authentication, Access Control, Encryption, Intrusion Detection, Entropy and Uncertainty, Key Management, Privacy issues, the State-of-the-Art and Research Topics on Information Privacy and Security.

Prerequisite(s): COMP 280.