CSIT 416 — Information Defense Technologies
Computer Science · University of Ghana
This course will examine and assess the role of information technology as a tool of warfare and civil defense. Topics will be discussed from both defensive and offensive perspectives and will include asset tracking, asymmetric warfare, network centric warfare, physical attacks, cyberterrorism, espionage, psyops, reconnaissance and surveillance, space assets, and applications of GPS and cryptographic technology. Understand the concept of asymmetric warfare and its implications for traditional defense organizations and systems. Understand the use of technology to enable attacks against information systems and other strategic assets, and the use of technology to defend against attacks on those assets. Be able to write rules of engagement for information warfare operations.
- 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 418 — Computer Systems Security
- 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
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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).