This course has two components: a theory component to teach the concepts and principles that underlie modern operating systems, and a practice component to relate theoretical principles with operating system implementation. In the theory component, you will learn about processes and processor management, concurrency and synchronization, memory management schemes, file systems and secondary storage management security and protection, etc. The practice component will complement the theory component through some specific assignments illustrating the use and implementation of these concepts.

Note: Open only to students in the Graduate Diploma in Information Assurance, Graduate Diploma in Information Security, Master of Information Systems Assurance Management, or Master of Information System Security Management programs.

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