Computer Security

Overview

This course has an average of 0.5 hours of practical work each week.

Security is a major topic in Computer Science, with far-reaching implications in an increasingly networked world. This course covers some of the fundamental principles of computer security.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will:

• understand the need for, and the different aspects of, computer security;
• understand some of the technical solutions;
• be able to reason rigorously about proposed security architectures.

This is a course for Computer Scientists, not System Administrators: don't expect to learn how to build "secure" websites, nor how to install firewalls; do expect to learn the underlying principles.