This course gives an introduction into information assurance, describes the vulnerabilities of IT infrastructures, as well as security threats faced by enterprises today. Based on the basic principles and strategies of information assurance, the course will also examine risk management, the development of security policies, guidelines, awareness programs, employment practice and policies, legal and ethical issues, as well as auditing IT security. It covers broad topics including contemporary issues in computer security, sources of computer security threats and appropriate reactions, encryption and decryption techniques; secure encryption systems; program security algorithms, trusted operating systems; database security issues and solutions, network and distributed system security models, administering security. In all listed topics the legal and ethical security issues with respect to information assurance is also given.

This course covers diverse topics on privacy preservation including basic cryptographic techniques for privacy, homomorphic encryption techniques for privacy, database privacy, big data privacy, privacy in cloud, privacy in crowdsourced platforms, privacy in healthcare, privacy in vehicular ad hoc networks, privacy in social network, and location privacy. In addition, privacy law and regulation will be also discussed. The emphasis of this course is given on both theoretical aspects and practical applications of privacy enhancing techniques.

This course examines advanced topics in network security, including: security risks and threats, security mechanisms across OSI model layers. Students will study the analysis of systems for vulnerabilities, the implementation of security procedures and the monitoring of systems forsecurity breaches. Wireless network security will also be introduced.

This course sits at the intersection of computer security and software engineering. It is designed to give students practical experience with building a software system and securing it. It covers tools, guidelines, rules, principles, and other resources for addressing security issues in every phase of the software development life cycle (SDLC).  Students will engage in a significant group-programming project to develop a novel piece of software. Emphasis will be placed on the correctness and robustness of software, and on security as part of the software engineering process.

This course introduces digital forensics notions and methods. Students will gain a basic understanding and legal awareness of computer security and forensics, techniques used in the evidentiary process, various methodologies intrinsic to computer forensics with emphasis on computer incident response, and IT systems protection.

Foundational course in the theory of computation, covering what is possible with different types of computational resources. Topics include automata, Turing machines, nondeterminism, reductions, decidability and undecidability, the limits of time and space resources, and complexity class hierarchies.

This hands-on course will teach students the fundamentals of validating and designing an IT based product. Through the course students will learn the basics of forming an idea for a business venture, good team dynamics, validating product value proposition, marketing research and marketing, financial considerations and pitching business ideas. By course end, students will have the basis of a business plan for an IT product that can be developed for commercialization. 

Credit cannot be received for CS 6971 and (MBA 6114 or TME 6025). 

This hands-on course will guide students in taking their validated innovative technology to a product for initial commercialization. Using software engineering practices, students will work to iterate from idea to market with their product while balancing technology innovation and customer needs. The course culminates with the refinement of a venture development plan, the delivery of a final pitch, and the demonstration of a tangible working prototype to a group of industry professionals. This approach not only educates students for their future entrepreneurial endeavors but also trains them with the necessary skills to successfully commercialize new products into the market. 

Credit cannot be received for CS 6972 course and (MBA 6114 or TME 6026).

This course is intended to foster the interrelation between our Master program and appropriate entrepreneurial experiences. Graduate students spend 13 to 16 weeks full-time (or an equivalent period part-time) advancing an entrepreneurial opportunity by utilizing their technical skill set, supervised by a CS GAU member. Students apply their previously learned knowledge and acquire further entrepreneurship-specific knowledge and practical skills, thus maximizing their professional and entrepreneurial development during the course. 

The course contains both an educational and a development component. Both components are contained in a work plan which is to be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies. Any restrictions, such as confidentiality requirements, intellectual property and copyright of the report must be clearly identified and agreed to. Open to students in the MCSC program only and must have an approved proposal with the course instructor.

Note: Credit cannot be received for both CS 6994 and CS 6995.