COM SCI M138
Computer System Security
Also listed as EC ENGR M117: the same class, and each department holds its own seats and its own grade history.
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From the registrar's catalog
(Same as Electrical and Computer Engineering M117.) Lecture, four hours; laboratory, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Requisite: course 33. Recommended requisite: course 111. Introduction to fundamental knowledge of computer system security. Students gain understanding of exploit techniques; learn to use the security tools; learn to design and implement secure systems; and learn concepts of computer security including software vulnerability analysis and defense, web security, mobile security, and network security. Covers the latest security topics in practice (e.g., cryptocurrency), and in research (e.g., state-of-the-art fuzzing techniques and machine-learning-based security analysis). Students get hands-on experience in analyzing and designing secure systems. Includes course project for cutting-edge security research. Letter grading.
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