Semester: Spring 2025
Meeting time: Thursdays 3:30 PM- 6:00 PM
Instructor’s name: Dr. Hurriyet Ok
Office hours: Thursdays, 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM or by appointment.
Course description:
Advanced technical topics in e-commerce security. Key security threats. Authentication and Authorization Models, Directory Services, Cloud based IAM, Federated Identity. Public Key Cryptography and PKI. Mobile payment methods, digital currencies, blockchain. Technologies and applications for securing web commerce. Web service security standards.
Course prerequisite: CSCI 6541 (Students who have taken CSCI 6531 Computer Security or an equivalent information security course can submit the "Petition for Prerequisite Waiver" to enroll the course.)
Learning outcomes:
By the conclusion of this course students should be familiar with the technology behind e-commerce solutions, the security challenges, and countermeasures.
Required textbook: E-Commerce 2023: Business, Technology, and Society, 17th Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon, Carol Guercio Traver
Reference textbook (Optional): Cryptography & Network Security, 8th Edition, William Stallings
Syllabus
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