Course Aims

• Introduce the students to the basic principles and methodologies in computer security measurement, evaluation and testing
• Give the students a nice opportunity to apply their knowledge  gained in the course in project development 
• Further develop programming, analytical and research skills
• Further develop organizing and delegating in a team and critical thinking

 Course prerequisites

for the undergraduates:         4003-720 Data Communications and Networking I

                                                4010-361 Software Engineering

for the graduates:                   4005-740 Data Communications and Networking I

or permission of instructor

In general, students should have some familiarity with the concepts of data networking, specifically with the principles of the ISO/OSI 7-layered reference model as well as TCP/IP, Ethernet and operating systems such as Windows NT/2000/XP and Unix.