Covers the ethical, moral, legal and policy issues related to computers and telecommunications systems and how they impact privacy, fair information practices, equity, content and control and freedom of electronic speech and other areas. This course will cover advanced topics in protection of information assets and systems. It addresses identification, authentication, access control, mulitlevel-security, and authorization. Prerequisite of concurretn registration EMSE 218, or permission of the academic advisor. It covers protocols, hashing, digital signatures, and certificates and certificate authorities.
Cryptanalytic methods are introduces.
Policy considerations such as key escrow and recovery and export controls are discussed. Prerequisite or concurrent registration EMSE 218, or permission of the academic advisor. Problems in Engineering Management Problem course providing the opportunity to apply concepts and tools previously studied to the solution of an actual problem in information security. Methods for auditing, monitoring and intrusion detection are explored. Malicious code, including Trojan horsers, virii, worms and logic bombs are discussed.