INSS 679 - Advanced Information Assurance

3 Credits

779 Prerequisite(s): INSS 635 This course provides an in-depth examination of advanced principles of information assurance. A broad range of topics are covered, including penetration testing, formal verification of systems, formal models of information flow and protection, distributed system authentication, protocol design and attack, computer viruses and malware, intrusion and anomaly detection models. Multi-level security, active defenses, investigation and forensics, network firewalls, anonymity and identity, e-commerce support, and database security models and mechanisms are also studied. The course content is largely influenced by latest research in the field.