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ECE-5586: 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: ECE-5585

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 3.70 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 57.25%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.15%

Karen D Raymond202476.5%22.4%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.708
Staff Brickey201654.1%37.8%8.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.461
Staff Buennemeyer201286.4%12.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%3.872
Staff Dunlop201572.6%23.7%3.2%0.6%0.0%0.0%3.683

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