CS 5430

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  • Schedule of Classes - October 31, 2025 7:07PM EDT

CS 5430
System Security

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Surveys security for computers and communications networks, including policy issues (e.g., the national debates on cryptography policy) as well as technical approaches for implementing properties that comprise trustworthiness for a computing system: confidentiality, integrity, availability, and assurance. Discusses cryptographic protocols and other mechanisms for implementing authorization and authentication in hardware and in software.


Prerequisites CS 4410.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2023FA, 2022FA, 2021FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one project.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16038 CS 5430   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Schneider, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Computer Science (CS) Master of Engineering (MEng) students.
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  • 16039 CS 5430   DIS 201

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    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Schneider, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16040 CS 5430   PRJ 601

  •  
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Schneider, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person