COM SCI 236
Computer Security
Computer Science · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Basic and research material on computer security. Topics include basic principles and goals of computer security, common security tools, use of cryptographic protocols for security, security tools (firewalls, virtual private networks, honeypots), virus and worm protection, security assurance and testing, design of secure programs, privacy, applying security principles to realistic problems, and new and emerging threats and security tools.
Letter grading.
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 111, 118.
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confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
COM SCI 236
- COM SCI 111Operating Systems Principles
- COM SCI 32Introduction to Computer Science II
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
- COM SCI 33Introduction to Computer Organization
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
COM SCI 236
- ENGR 206Engineering for Systems Assurance
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.