CPSC-68000 Advanced Network Security

The critical infrastructures of a nation include utility systems like power, water, and natural gas delivery systems, as well as transportation networks, banking and finance, and emergency services.To operate more efficiently, the computer systems supporting these infrastructures are converging, and this has introduced new vulnerabilities to industrial and critical infrastructure systems. This course describes critical infrastructures and industrial control systems are supported by computer technology, identifies and explains in technical detail the vulnerabilities that affect this technology, and explain how to design solutions to counteract these vulnerabilities.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CPSC 50600, and either CPSC 50500 or an undergraduate degree in Computer Science