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Operating Systems - Systems Security

Operating Systems - Systems Security

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Operating Systems - Systems Security

Learn how to secure operating systems from malicious bugs and viruses with this free computer system security course.

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Having completed this course, you will be able to:

  • Distinguish between secrecy, integrity, and availability with regard to security goals
  • Define what denial of service attacks means
  • Explain when access control techniques are used
  • Describe the components for developing an access control system
  • Distinguish between DAC, MAC, and RBAC
  • Explain what a leaky state is
  • Explain information flow policies
  • Describe the mandatory access control mechanism
  • Distinguish between the Biba model and the Bell-LaPadula model
  • Explain how a stack in a program is managed
  • Define the use of buffer overflows
  • Describe how an attacker could create an exploit code
  • List some techniques to overcome buffer overflow vulnerability;
  • Explain how return to libc' attacks works

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