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    INFS 766 - Internet Security Protocols
    Prof. Francesco Parisi-Presicce

    Prerequisites: Must have completed INFS 612. Concurrent enrollment in this course is not sufficient. INFS 601 is strongly recommended before taking INFS 766. INFS 762 is not a prerequisite for this course.

    Study of network and distributed systems security. Review of basic cryptography, and threats and vulnerabilities in distributed systems. Security services: confidentiality, authentication, integrity, access control, nonrepudiation; and their integration in network protocols. Key management, cryptographic protocols and their analysis. Access control, delegation and revocation in distributed systems. Security architectures, multilevel systems, and security management and monitoring.


    Syllabus for Fall 2003.



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    Designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency



    The Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Agency have certified that George Mason University offers a set of courseware that has been reviewed by National Level Information Assurance Subject Matter Experts and determined to meet National Training Standards for Information Systems Security Professionals, NSTISSI No. 4011, 4012, and 4013 for academic years 2005 - 2008.



    The Mitre Corporation Microsoft Research DynCorp Symantec Corporation Air Force Office of Scientific Research Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundataion U.S. Army Research Office Office of Naval Research U.S. Department of Defense Rome Laboratory Naval Research Lab DoD Computer Forensics Laboratory


    The Information Assurance Scholarship Program is open to U.S. Citizens pursuing undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees from the Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education

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