COM SCI 136
Introduction to Computer Security
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Enforced requisite: course 118. Introduction to basic concepts of information security necessary for students to understand risks and mitigations associated with protection of systems and data. Topics include security models and architectures, security threats and risk analysis, access control and authentication/authorization, cryptography, network security, secure application design, and ethics and law. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
Most Helpful Review
Spring 2023 - Professor Reiher is a great lecturer. He's able to take relatively boring topics and make them engaging. There were four projects, and while they can be difficult you can probably manage to finish each in a day or two. While lectures and workload are fine, the exams were insanely hard. You absolutely cannot rely on the exams being open note and open internet. The questions connect multiple different topics, so you need to have a solid understanding of every topic.
Spring 2023 - Professor Reiher is a great lecturer. He's able to take relatively boring topics and make them engaging. There were four projects, and while they can be difficult you can probably manage to finish each in a day or two. While lectures and workload are fine, the exams were insanely hard. You absolutely cannot rely on the exams being open note and open internet. The questions connect multiple different topics, so you need to have a solid understanding of every topic.