Undergraduate Online Academic Catalog

Computer Science
Computer Security
91.457
Course ID: 8117

Basic concepts of cryptography, data security, information theory, complexity, number theory, and finite field theory; encryption algorithms including the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and public key systems; incorporating cryptographic controls into computers; key management; access controls; information flow controls; and inference controls.

Credits: 3
Pre-Req: 92.321 Discrete Structures I and 91.413 Data Communications I

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