Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

Information Protection

F. Cohen (Lehigh University)

Curriculum Module
SEI-CM-5-1.2

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This curriculum module is a broad based introduction to information protection techniques. Topics include the history and present state of cryptography, operating system protection, network protection, data base protection, physical security techniques, cost benefit tradeoffs, social issues, and current research trends. The successful student in this course will be prepared for an in-depth course in any of these topics.