APC 480 - Computer Security II

3 Credits

Course Offered

Overview
Instructor

Overview

This course covers topics spanning communication and network security, security assessment and testing, software development security, and asset security. Specific topics include operating system security, network security (e.g. firewalls, tunneling, intrusion detection, and wireless networking), browser security, and application security (e.g. database security, email security, payment system security, and digital-rights management).

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Instructor

Guangwu Xu

Dr. Xu is an associate professor of Computer Science. Has been with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 2005. He received his PhD in Mathematics from SUNY Buffalo. His current research interests include cryptography, information security, computational number theory, compressed sensing, and algorithms. His early research was on functional analysis and algebra.

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