Course Keywords:

Security policies, models, and mechanisms for secrecy, integrity, availability and usage.  Topics include operating system models and mechanisms for mandatory and discretionary controls, RBAC, data models, concepts and mechanisms for software and database security, basic cryptography (public and private) and its applications, security in computer networks and distributed systems and control and prevention of viruses and other rogue programs. In addition, the basics of physical security, incidence response, disaster recovery, business continuity, and forensics.

 Text Book:

Security in computing , Charles P. Pfleeger , Prentic Hall,2002

Computer security, Dieter Gollmann,John Wiley & Sons

Network Security Essentials , (2nd Edition) by William Stallings,Prentice Hall; 2002