COMP522 - Privacy and Security

Brief Description

The module on "privacy and security" covers topics such as: identification and authentication, monitoring, protocols, attacks and defences, legal and ethical issues and future directions. The module is intended for MSc students with a computer science (or related) first degree, and computer science MEng students.

Recommended texts

William Stallings [2000]: Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards. (Prentice Hall)
Simson Garfinkel [2002]: Web Security, Privacy and Commerce. (Second Edition, O'Reilly)

Member of staff with responsibility for the module:

On-line Resources for this Module


Other Modules



Please report any problems to the email address at the bottom of the page.