uwloo

CS 658Computer Security and Privacy

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Computer Science

Not in the current Graduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in Winter 2025.

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Security and privacy issues in various aspects of computing. Specific topics include: comparing security and privacy, program security, writing secure programs, controls against program threats, operating system security, formal security models, network security, Internet application security and privacy, privacy-enhancing technologies, database security and privacy, inference data mining, security policies, physical security, economics of security, and legal and ethical issues. (Note: Knowledge of operating systems equivalent to that obtained from CS 350 is assumed.)

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

7 posts and comments in 7 threads mention CS 658, March 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2022

Grad school stressness 11 points, 15 comments

“How stressful is CS Graduate school at Waterloo? I suppose since level 4xx courses are already challenging, 5xx and above will be much tougher? …”

u/goose-with-a-knife: “not in grad school yet but applying, +have some experience working w grad students on coop. i think the biggest thing is 1. the passing grade is 70 instead of 50 (i think) and 2. …”

u/goose-with-a-knife: “… eg, you can see the cs 458 website this term the extra component for cs 658. in that case, i would say the course is equally as stressful as a 4xx level course, possibly less since youre not taking 5 at once. …”

View on RedditRemove this

Fall 2018

Spring 2018

Infosec Club at Waterloo 4 points, 11 comments

u/drowssapsidrowssapym: “… To my knowledge (I could be wrong), we have one class that talks about InfoSec which is CS 458/658. We do offer other courses in cryptography, however those seem much too theoretical for my liking and also very narrow in their scope. …”

View on RedditRemove this

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… 445 CS 456 CS 458 CS 466 CS 486 CS 488 CS 489 CS 499R CS 499T CS 600 CS 638 CS 645 CS 656 CS 658 CS 666 CS 686 CS 688 CS 697 CS 698 CS 745 CS 766 CS 768 CS 770 CS 798 CS 846 CS 848 CS 854 CS 858 CS 886 CS 898 CT 601 CT 603 CT 606A CT 606B DAC 202 DAC 204 DAC 305 DAC 308 DEI 612 …”

View on RedditRemove this

Winter 2016

CS688 and CS649 in Spring 2016 2 points, 6 comments

u/_sudonano: “… and noticed that both CS688 and CS649 are available (the other one that caught my eye was CS658 but I think the subject content seems similar to the intro to security subject I did in my undergrad judging by the course outline). …”

View on RedditRemove this

Fall 2015

Winter 2015

Something you think the University needs to improve/change? 11 points, 68 comments

“Like the issues with food from food services and the plaza, what's something you think students should pressure the University improve on or change?”

u/r0naa: “Academic freedom. The CS dept is super rigid about course requirements whereas most top CS school in the US barely enforce those (stupid imo) policies. …”

u/r0naa: “Oh sure CS458/658 etc... but those are courses that are CS electives only available to a small subset of students. This is not what I was talking about. …”

View on RedditRemove this

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Calendar versions

Graduate Calendar

Older Graduate Calendars

In 39 terms, Fall 2007 to Winter 2024