UPLB Institute of Computer Science

At the end of this course the student should be able to:

• explain the fundamental concepts in computer systems security: confidentiality, integrity, availability, asset, threat, attack, policy, mechanism;
• find and identify software, platform, and network security vulnerabilities;
• develop and use exploits for security vulnerabilities;
• perform incident response and digital forensics after a security breach;
• apply secure programming practices;
• design, implement, and deploy secure network and web services; and
• explain and evaluate the legal and ethical implications of security attacks and breaches.