CS 3755 - Computer Security Offense and Defense

Credits: 4

Prerequisite(s): CS 3700 with “C-” or better, or permission of instructor

Description: This course covers the basics of performing vulnerability assessments for networks, computers, and programs. Coverage includes reconnaissance and exploitation tools, injections, weak passwords and authentication, and memory corruption techniques. The course also covers defense techniques including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, log analysis, event correlation, and security information and event management. The course addresses how programs are compromised via buffer overflows and heap corruption, along with techniques to counter those attacks.