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Free Course
Offered at Georgia Tech as CS 6035
Estimated time
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Skill level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
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About this course
This course provides a one-semester overview of information security. It is designed to help students withprior computer and programming knowledge — both undergraduate and graduate — understand this importantpriority in society today. The technical content of the course gives a broad overview of essential concepts andmethods for providing and evaluating security in information processing systems (operating systems andapplications, networks, protocols, and so on).
In addition to its technical content, the course touches on theimportance of management and administration, the place information security holds in overall business risk,social issues such as individual privacy, and the role of public policy.
What you will learn
Foundations
- Security mindset
- Essential concepts (policy, CIA, etc.)
Software security
- Vulnerabilities and protections
- Malware
- Program analysis
Practical cryptography
- Encryption
- Authentication
- Hashing
- Symmetric and asymmetric crypto
Networks
- Wired and wireless networks
- Protocols
- Attacks and countermeasures
Applications and special topics
- Databases
- Web apps
- Privacy and anonymity
- Voting
- Public policy
Prerequisites and requirements
See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.
Why take this course?
Learn essential concepts and methods for providing and evaluating security in information processing systems (operating systems and applications, networks, protocols, and so on).
Learn with the best.
Wenke Lee
Instructor
Mustaque Ahamad
Instructor
Catherine Gamboa
Instructor