A laboratory based capstone course in computer security for undergraduates

Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2-6

  O'Leary, Mike ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Cybersecurity; Exercise; Laboratory; Security

Indexed keywords

CYBERSECURITY; DEFENSIVE TOOLS; STUDENT TEAMS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER CRIME; CURRICULA; STUDENTS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 37849007192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1121341.1121346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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