This page lists news and program updates for the two CSEE undergraduate programs.
New Courses in Computer Science
- CMSC 426: Principles of Computer Security [3]
- This course will provide an introduction to computer security with specific focus on the computing aspects. Topics covered will include: Basics of computer security including an overview of threat, attack and adversary models; social engineering; essentials of cryptography; traditional computing security models; malicious software; secure programming; operating system security in practice; trusted operating system design; public policy issues including legal, privacy and ethical issues; network and database security overview.
- CMSC 487: Introduction to Network Security [3]
- The objective of this course is to teach the fundamental concepts, architectures and protocols related to network security. Topics covered include: Overview of network security; basics of cryptography; threat models; authentication and authorization mechanisms and standards; public key infrastructure; electronic mail security; network layer security; transport layer and web security; packet filtering, firewalls intrusion detection and virtual private networks; and recent topics in network security.