CSC 4222 - Fundamentals of Cybersecurity

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: CSC 2720 and CSC 3320 with a C or higher. Students must meet the Computer Science Major Eligibility Requirement in order to enroll in this course.
Description
This course provides an initial overview on the topic of Information Security. It covers the basics of encryption and decryption, program security including viruses and other malicious code, application security, security in operating systems, security in networks and distributed systems, different methods of administering security, and legal and ethical issues in computer security.