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2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog
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CS 265 - Cryptography and Computer Security


3 unit(s)
Security mechanisms for protecting information in computer systems and networks. Includes cryptography and its applications to security services in distributed systems, mathematics of cryptography, access control, protection models, security policies, design of secure systems, firewalls, and intrusion detection.

Prerequisite(s): CS 149  andCS 166 , or instructor consent. Graduate standing. Allowed Declared Major: Computer Science MS, Bioinformatics MS, and Data Science MS. 
Grading: Letter Graded


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