CS 151-02 Security, Privacy, People, and Technology

Our lives are intertwined with computers, which makes their security and trustworthiness ever more important. While the former is necessary for the latter, more than security is needed to make a system trustworthy. Thus, in this class, we will learn about security technologies but also discuss architectural, organizational, and social factors as they relate to building trustworthy systems. We will explore the limits of computers and technology, and where "human" mechanisms must step in, and where in turn, these measures might be lacking