Network Application and Security

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: identify and explain principles of network and security; identify and define the computing requirements appropriate to solve network and security problem; design and analyse a computer-based system on network and security; explain concepts of cryptography and its ethical-social implications; explain and analyze the impact of network security on individuals, organizations and society; and apply current techniques to produce innovative computing practices in network and security.

Topics

The aim of this course is to introduce students to cryptography and its application to network and operating system security; security threats; applications of cryptography; secret key and public key cryptographic algorithms; hash functions; authentication; security for electronic mail; Java security; secure coding; Firewalls and intrusion detection techniques.

Prerequisite : CS213 – Data Communication and Networks