CSCD 418 — Computer Systems Security
Computer Science · University of Ghana
This course will study the survey of the fundamentals of information security. Risks and vulnerabilities, policy formation, controls and protection methods, database security, encryption, authentication technologies, host-based and network-based security issues, personnel and physical security issues, issues of law and privacy. The objective of this course to is provide comprehensive introduction to the network security problems, and the principles, techniques and their applications in securing network. Topics include secret key and public key cryptography, Hash algorithms, basic number theory, authentication, IPSEC/VPN, IPSEC key exchange, SSL/TLS, firewall, anonymous communication and VoIP Security.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- CSCD 400 — Project
- CSCD 409 — Data Mining & Warehousing
- CSCD 415 — Compilers
- CSCD 416 — System Programming
- CSCD 417 — Theory and Survey of Programming Languages
- CSCD 419 — Formal Methods and Models
- CSCD 421 — Accounting Principles in Computing
- CSCD 422 — Human Computer Interaction
- CSCD 423 — Software Modeling and Simulation
- CSCD 424 — Management Principles in Computing
- CSCD 426 — Multimedia Applications
- CSCD 427 — Data Communication & Networking II
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).