Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2024 - CMPT 403 D100

System Security and Privacy (3)

Class Number: 4062

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 300 with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Starting from cybersecurity principles, students will learn to protect systems from attacks on data confidentiality, integrity, system availability, and user privacy. By modeling system security, students will learn to find weaknesses in software, hardware, networks, data storage systems, and the Internet, and identify current security practices to protect these systems.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is an introduction to the principles of computer security. Students will study techniques to protect computer systems from attacks on data confidentiality, system integrity and availability. By modeling, analyzing, and evaluating the security of computer systems, students will learn to find weaknesses in software, hardware, networks, data storage systems, mobile applications, and the Internet, and identify current security practices and defenses to protect these systems.

Grading

  • Assignments 45%
  • Exams 55%

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Reference Text:

Security in Computing
5th Edition,
Charles P. Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, and Jonathan Margulies
9780134085043

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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