ECE 422

ECE 422 - Computer Security I

Fall 2025

Title	Rubric	Section	CRN	Type	Hours	Times	Days	Location	Instructor
Computer Security I	CS461	ADB	69009	DIS	0	1100 - 1150	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	CS461	ADC	69010	DIS	0	1200 - 1250	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	CS461	ADD	69013	DIS	0	1300 - 1350	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	CS461	ADE	66966	DIS	0	1400 - 1450	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	CS461	AL4	49547	LEC	4	1230 - 1345	T R	1320 Digital Computer Laboratory	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	CS461	ALG	72159	LEC	4	1230 - 1345	T R	1320 Digital Computer Laboratory	Nikita Borisov Yupeng Zhang
Computer Security I	CS461	CSP	50236	PKG	4	-
Computer Security I	CS461	CSP	50236	PKG	4	-
Computer Security I	CS461	MCS	69012	PKG	4	-
Computer Security I	CS461	MCS	69012	PKG	4	-
Computer Security I	ECE422	ADB	69018	DIS	0	1100 - 1150	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	ECE422	ADC	69019	DIS	0	1200 - 1250	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	ECE422	ADD	69022	DIS	0	1300 - 1350	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	ECE422	ADE	66982	DIS	0	1400 - 1450	W	0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	ECE422	AL4	49549	LEC	4	1230 - 1345	T R	1320 Digital Computer Laboratory	Nikita Borisov
Computer Security I	ECE422	ALG	72176	LEC	4	1230 - 1345	T R	1320 Digital Computer Laboratory	Nikita Borisov Yupeng Zhang

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Web Page

https://courses.grainger.illinois.edu/cs461/sp2025/index.html

Official Description

Course Information: Same as CS 461. See CS 461.

Subject Area

Computer Engineering

Course Director

Michael Donald Bailey

Description

Fundamental principles of computer and communications security and information assurance: Ethics, privacy, notions of threat, vulnerabilities, and risk in systems, information warfare, malicious software, data secrecy and integrity issues, network security, trusted computing, mandatory and discretionary access controls, certification and accreditation of systems against security standards. Security mechanisms: Authentication, auditing, intrusion detection, access control, cryptography, security protocols, key distribution.

Notes

Same as CS 461. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours.

Detailed Description and Outline