Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

COMP 527 - COMPUTER SYSTEMS SECURITY

Long Title: COMPUTER SYSTEMS SECURITY
Department: Computer Science
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite(s): (COMP 311 OR COMP 412) AND (COMP 421 OR COMP 429)
Description: This class will focus on computer security in real systems. We will cover theory and practice for the design of secure systems (formal modeling, hardware and compiler-enforced safety, software engineering processes, tamper-resistant and tamper-reactive hardware, firewalls, cryptography, and more).
Course URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~mobile/elec527/