Selected recent research topics in information assurance, such as social
engineering, buffer overflow, malicious code, spyware, denial of
service, information warfare, computer
forensics, recovery and response, enterprise security,
clandestine channels and emissions security, security analysis, security
models and formal techniques, best practices and national
policy for information assurance. This course will minimize
discussion of intrusion detection, firewalls, operating systems security
and mathematical cryptology, which are emphasized in
other CMSC security courses.