[Outline] Computer Systems Security

Computer security studies the design and implementation of secure computer systems. It helps trainees how to build secure computer systems in detail. The post covers threat models, attacks that compromise security, and techniques for achieving security.

1. Introduction, Threat Models Contents
2. Control Hijacking Attacks
3. Buffer Overflow Exploits and Defenses
4. Privilege Separation
5. Capabilities
6. Sandboxing Native Code
7. Web Security Model
8. Securing Web Applications
9. Network Security
10. Network Protocols
11. SSL and HTTPS