Computer Security

This course aims to include following topics:

1. Introduction to Computer Security

   • Overview concepts of computer security

   • Threats and adversarial models

   • Security principles and technologies

2. System Security

   • Operating Systems security and access control

   • Authentication and authorization

   • Database security

   • Software security and testing

   • Malware detection and prevention techniques

3. Network Security

   • Secure network protocols

   • Network attacks and defenses

   • Firewalls and intrusion detection systems

   • Internet Security

   • Cyber threats

4. Applied Cryptography

   • Symmetric and asymmetric encryption

   • Hash functions and message digests

   • Digital signatures and certificates

   • Key exchange

   • Web and cloud security

5. Advanced topics