14-310 Cybersecurity in our Daily Applications

3 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Information security is involved in our everyday applications; from banking systems to IoT devices. With the increased amount of cybersecurity attacks, understanding key concepts in information security and privacy become essential in every application. This course Introduces students to key terminology in security and privacy; explains the building blocks of cryptographic primitives that help achieve security properties; Introduces issues affecting usable security and privacy, and provides a thorough understanding of a variety of user-interface attacks: phishing, spam, clickbait, social engineering, etc.; Help students assess examples motivated by real security attacks and reason about security and privacy

Prerequisites: none listed

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