Submodule: Overview of Computer
Security
Created: Oct. 21, 2003
Updated: Oct. 23, 2003
Updated: Feb. 6,
2004
Sub Module version number: Version 0.1
Author: T. Andrew Yang
Code: Intr1
Objectives
This submodule provides an overview of computer security
and basic encryption.
Prerequisite
CSCI
3532 and MATH
3331
Description
Types of security breaches;
people involved; security goals; methods of defense (general introduction to
cryptography, protocols, and security policy and management); applications of
cryptographic methods (software security, OS security, database security,
network security, etc.)
Lecture Notes
Notes
1
Notes
2
Assignment / Exercise
Assignment
1
Assignment
2
Assignment
3
Assignment 4
Resources
Books
Articles
Links
Glossary
Encryption: is a process of encoding a message so
that its meaning is not obvious
Decryption: is a reverse process, transforming an
encoding message back into its normal form