CSC 472 - Software Security

Institution:

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Computer Science

Description:

This course is primarily aimed at people interested in software security, reverse engineering, and low-level software. In this course, students will explore the foundations of software security. They will consider important software vulnerabilities and attacks that exploit them--such as buffer overflows, SQL injection, and session hijacking--and they will consider defenses that prevent or mitigate these attacks, including advanced testing and program analysis techniques.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

CSC 302, (CSC 231 or CSC 242)

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.wcupa.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 436-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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