Program Overview

Trusted Systems Engineering

The Trusted Systems Engineering course is part of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) Master of Science in Engineering Online (MSOL) program. It is available only to students pre-approved by HSSEAS.

About This Course

ENGR 204 Trusted Systems Engineering (Instructor: K. Kung) Lecture, four hours. Trust is placed in information systems to behave properly, but cyber threats and breaches have become routine, including penetration of financial, medical, government, and national security systems. To build systems that can protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability involves more than composing systems from network security, computer security, data security, cryptography, etc. One can use most secure components, and resulting system could still be vulnerable. Skills learned ensure that systems are architected, designed, implemented, tested, and operated for specific levels of trust. Aspects include:

• Assessing vulnerability and risk for systems
• Establishing protection principles
• Using them as guide to formulate system architectures
• Translating architecture into system design and verifying correctness of design
• Constructing and following trusted development and implementation process

Program Details

The course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to build trusted systems. The program is part of the MSOL degree offered by the HSSEAS.

Key Features

• Part of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) Master of Science in Engineering Online (MSOL) program
• Available only to students pre-approved by HSSEAS
• Focuses on building systems that can protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability
• Covers aspects such as assessing vulnerability and risk, establishing protection principles, and constructing trusted development and implementation processes