EHEALTH 767 / Information Privacy and Security

3 unit(s)

(cross-listed as CAS 767 )

This course covers issues and technologies in Information Privacy, Security, and Accountability. The course surveys cryptography, digital signature, key management, authentication, certificates, PKI, Application layer Access control policies and mechanisms, data forensics, Internet security protocols, trust management, information and web privacy, privacy and data aggregation, audit log mechanisms, privacy policy expression and enforcement, Differential Privacy, Security and privacy in healthcare, Social networking security and privacy, Usable security and privacy, and privacy-enhancing technologies. Students will undertake a project that employs and integrates these technologies.