It Security And Trust

Host University

Virginia Tech

Semester

Fall 2026

Course Number

ECE-5585

CRN

84271

Credits

3

Discipline

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Course Information

5585: Fundamental Internet and computer security principles and applications; legal and privacy issues, risk analysis, attack techniques, intrusion detection concepts, basic computer forensics, and system and application security hardening techniques. 5586: Advanced security and trust concepts and implementation in wired and wireless computer networks and computer systems; malware defenses, impact of channel fragility, node mobility, cooperative functionality, and resource constraints on security and trust at the different layers of the Internet protocol stack. Pre: Graduate standing for 5585.

Prerequisites

None