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ECE-5585: IT Security and Trust

Description: 5585: Fundamental Internet and computer security principles and applications; legal and privacy issues, risk analysis, attack techniques, intrusion detection concepts, basic computer forensics, and system and application security hardening techniques. 5586: Advanced security and trust concepts and implementation in wired and wireless computer networks and computer systems; malware defenses, impact of channel fragility, node mobility, cooperative functionality, and resource constraints on security and trust at the different layers of the Internet protocol stack. Pre: Graduate standing for 5585.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ECE-5586

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 7

Average GPA: 3.82 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 71.17%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Randolph C Marchany202485.7%14.0%0.2%0.0%0.2%0.0%3.827

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W