This class deals with topics related to computer security. (Image courtesy of UK Ministry of Defence on Flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Nickolai Zeldovich
MIT Course Number
6.858
As Taught In
Fall 2014
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
6.858 Computer Systems Security is a class about the design and implementation of secure computer systems. Lectures cover threat models, attacks that compromise security, and techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system (OS) security, capabilities, information flow control, language security, network protocols, hardware security, and security in web applications.