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CS-5580: Cryptographic Engineering

Description: Implementation of cryptographic operations and protocols in contemporary computing platforms. Mapping of cryptographic operations, evaluation and optimization of performance and implementation cost, analysis of security against brute- force cryptanalysis and implementation-level attacks. Design of countermeasures against implementation-level attacks, security-testing procedures, and architectures to support a trusted computing base.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CS-5560 or ECE-5560

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: ECE-5580

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 1

Average GPA: 3.63 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 77.80%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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