Ideas Cybersecurity:
CSE 461, Foundations of Information Security, 3 cr, 3 cl hrs
Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor
This course will explore the ideas, literature, and worked examples that established the foundations of information security. The course introduces the concept of the Information Domain as the fundamental primitive that is the axis for introducing the policy requirements of Confidentially, Integrity and Availability that motivate the need for Information Security. The concept of the reference monitor is the organizing principle for the course. The examination of foundational literature starts with appears and ideas that first appeared in the mid 1960's and spans the time of tremendous creativity up through the following four decades. Shares lectures with CSE 561.
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| Minor in Cybersecurity credit hours required: 24-28. The following courses are required: CSE 101 (2), CSE 113 (4), CSE 122 (3), CSE 221 (3), CSE 222 (3), CSE 353 (3), CSE 363 (3), and one of (CSE 241+CSE 441) (6), CSE 461 (3), or CSE 561 (3) |
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