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| CSI4102 | Computer Security | ||
| SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND SECURITY SCIENCE | |||
| Credit Points: 15 | |||
| Description: | |||
| This unit covers the threats to computer systems and the countermeasures that can be put in place to minimise these. The areas covered are: aims of computer security and general threats; computer security threats; malicious code including viruses, trojan horses, worms and other forms of hostile executable code; the history and fundamental concepts of encryption; current encryption techniques and the social issues that surround the use of such techniques; current encryption related techniques that can be used for ensuring integrity and authenticity of digital objects as well as enforcing non-repudiation and copy control; identification, authentication and authorisation measures including passwords, tokens and biometrics; eavesdropping threats including compromising EMR emissions; network and internet security issues; PC and operating system security issues; current types of attacks and vulnerabilities. Full Unit Outline | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
| SPAAMP | Digital Recordkeeping and Security Studies Area of Specialisation | ||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014