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CSC 472 - Software Security

Institution:
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Subject:
Computer Science
Description:
This course is primarily aimed at people interested in software security, reverse engineering, and low-level software. In this course, students will explore the foundations of software security. They will consider important software vulnerabilities and attacks that exploit them--such as buffer overflows, SQL injection, and session hijacking--and they will consider defenses that prevent or mitigate these attacks, including advanced testing and program analysis techniques.
Credits:
3.00
Credit Hours:
Prerequisites:
CSC 302, (CSC 231 or CSC 242)
Corequisites:
Exclusions:
Level:
Instructional Type:
Lecture
Notes:
Additional Information:
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Phone Number:
(610) 436-1000
Regional Accreditation:
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Calendar System:
Semester

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