Apr 15, 2026  
Undergraduate College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate College Catalog 2024-2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COMP 370 - Computer Security


An introduction to the concepts and techniques used for secure network communications. This course examines how security is defined at the cryptographic level, and how basic cryptographic algorithms can be used to construct secure network protocols. Topics covered may also include cryptocurrencies, access control, vulnerabilities found in networking protocols and how to answer common questions on computer security.

Prerequisites
(COMP 121  and COMP 218 ) OR (COMP 118  and MATH 202 )

Credits 4



Area
Math and Computer Science

Foundation
Quantitative Analysis