CS 340 - Computer Security and Malware

Unit(s): 3 Lecture: 2 hours Laboratory: 2 hours

Current methods for increasing security, protecting privacy, and guaranteeing degrees of confidentiality of computer records; ensuring computer installation safety; protecting software products; preventing and dealing with crime; value systems, ethics, and human factors affecting use and misuse of computers. Discussion of recent technical, legal, and sociopolitical issues influencing computer security problems, with an emphasis on malware.

Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or better in CS 215 and CS 252, or consent of instructor.