CS 7535:Software and OS Security

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CS 6025 or a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree.
This course introduces the fundamental concepts and advanced topics in software and operating system security. Both hardware and software mechanisms designed to protect software, including OS, will be studied. The covered topics include buffer overflows, defense mechanisms, return-oriented programming, reverse engineering, vulnerabilities analysis, mobile security, hardware platform security, and embedded system security.