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  Information Security Module

» ECE 5984 - Information Security and Trust I
» ECE 5984 - SS: IT Security & Trust II
Information Technology Security and Trust I
Knowledge of Internet Security best practices, attack and defense strategies is rapidly becoming a required skill for today's Information Technology worker. There are few opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience in IT risk analysis, auditing methodologies and incident response. This class introduces students to the fundamental of computer and network security. It is a hands-on course where students learn how to analyze a client/server IT infrastructure for security weaknesses. Students also gain practical experience in analyzing common practices for security vulnerabilities that could result in the loss of sensitive company and customer information.
Information Technology Security and Trust II
This second provides the advanced network security knowledge to allow students to build trustworthy systems and to protect critical infrastructures through an understanding of how to engineer and evaluate relevant security solutions. The course covers security and trust aspects of wireless mobile and ad hoc computer networks. Attack analysis and countermeasures will be studied at the transport, network, data link, and physical layers. Students will learn how to implement security and trust controls for malicious behavior prevention, detection, and recovery.
Pre-requisites
Information Technology Security and Trust I - ECE 4500 required and CS 5044 recommended.
Information Technology Security and Trust II - Information Tech. Security and Trust I


 
 
 
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