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COMP 555. Information Privacy.

Credits: 4
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Conceptual foundations of information privacy: security and cryptography, privacy by design, privacy threats. Technical controls for supporting privacy: authorization, authentication, access control, malware and intrusion detection. Application-specific privacy concerns of databases, web and mobile applications, cloud storage.
  • Prerequisite: COMP 303
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken COMP 599 when the topic was "Topics in Mobile Application Development".

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