CSCI 5520 - Network Security

Credit Hours 3
Cross Listed: CSCI 4540 (see Undergraduate Bulletin)
Prerequisite: CSCI 5200 or instructor permission;
Description: An examination of the tools techniques, and technologies used in the securing of information assets via networks. Topics covered include network operating system security, security of transmissions, firewall configuration, vulnerabilities and hardening of network components. Web and distributed system security, and procedures dealing with storage and disposition of sensitive data.