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Georgia Institute of Technology

Intro to Information Security

Georgia Institute of Technology via Udacity

Overview

This course provides a one-semester overview of information security. It is designed to help students with
prior computer and programming knowledge — both undergraduate and graduate — understand this important
priority in society today. The technical content of the course gives a broad overview of essential concepts and
methods for providing and evaluating security in information processing systems (operating systems and
applications, networks, protocols, and so on).

In addition to its technical content, the course touches on the
importance of management and administration, the place information security holds in overall business risk,
social issues such as individual privacy, and the role of public policy.

Syllabus

  • Foundations
    • Security mindset,Essential concepts (policy, CIA, etc.)
  • Software security
    • Vulnerabilities and protections,Malware,Program analysis
  • Practical cryptography
    • Encryption,Authentication,Hashing,Symmetric and asymmetric crypto
  • Networks
    • Wired and wireless networks,Protocols,Attacks and countermeasures
  • Applications and special topics
    • Databases,Web apps,Privacy and anonymity,Voting,Public policy

Taught by

Mustaque Ahamad and Wenke Lee

Reviews

1.5 rating, based on 2 Class Central reviews

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  • Dissipate
    This appears to be an older course at Udacity taught by instructors from Georgia Tech. At Udacity it is described as "a graduate-level introductory course in information security" which "teaches the basic concepts, principles, and fundamental approa…
  • Greg Hata
    Instructor isn't particularly good at explaining things and is difficult to follow. Lots of "this's" and "thats" and "its" and not enough naming or reminding the student of exactly what he's referring to. To compound the problem he points to blank spots on the slides when discussing them so I often have no idea to which part of the slide he's referring. Would be better if he explained things in a more linear fashion, for example, if he would finish explaining a term and its relevance immediately after introducing instead of introducing new terms and then fully explaining earlier ones later. Will probably not continue with this course.

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