CSC 549 - Computer Ethics and Security.

Admission to the MS in CAIS program.(3).

Ethical discussions, basis for ethics, computer crime, reliability and error. Encryption techniques including conventional encryption algorithms, classical and modern techniques. Public-key cryptography; number theory; hashing and message authentication. Digital signatures and authentication protocols; authentication applications. Electronic mail security; security over computer networks and the world-wide web. System security; intruders, viruses, and worms; firewalls.Graded ABCDEN/Y.