Semester: Spring 2016
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Sufian Hameed
Credits: 3 Credit Hours
Date: Friday, 18:00 — 21:00
Location: R9 City Campus
Start: 27-01-2016
Audience: MS Computer and Network Security
MS Computer Science
Note:
Starting from Spring 2017, we will adopt Computer Security A Hands on Approach by Prof. Wenliang Du as the course text book. Course content and organization will be revised accordingly.
Description
This course deals with the principles of computer and network security. The course will cover basic concepts of Security. Topics of the course include basic cryptography, authentication, authorization, vulnerabilities, attacks and their defenses.
The course assignments will mainly focus on “paper-and-pencil” problems for better understanding of theoretical fundamentals as well as some programming tasks. Students must always follow an ethical and responsible conduct when learning about computer attacks and vulnerabilities.
Topics and Schedule
| 27.01.2016 | Security Goals and Mechanisms [pdf] |
| 03.02.2016 | Intro to Cryptography and Symmetric Ciphers [pdf] |
| 10.02.2016 | Block Ciphers [pdf] |
| 17.02.2016 | Message Integrity, Authentication Encryption [pdf] |
| 24.02.2016 | Basic Key Exchange, Public Key Encryption and Digital Signature[pdf] |
| 03.03.2016 | Authentication [pdf] |
| 10.03.2016 | Email Security [pdf] |
| 17.03.2016 | Mid 1 |
| 24.03.2016 | Malicious Software and Botnets [pdf] |
| 31.03.2016 | Cybercriminal Underground Economy [pdf] |
| 07.04.2016 | Web Security (HTTPS Goals and Pitfalls) [pdf] |
| 14.04.2016 | Web Security (Session Management) [pdf] |
| 21.04.2016 | Web Vulnerability [pdf] (from Prof. Dawn Song) |
| 28.04.2016 | Security Problems in Network Protocols and Defense Mechanisms [pdf] |
| 05.05.2016 |
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| 19.05.2016 | Final Examination |
Text Book:
- Computer Security: A Hands on Approach by Prof. Wenliang Du (starting from Spring 2017)
Literature / References
- M. Bishop: Computer Security – Art and Science. Macmillian Publishing, 2002
- D. Gollmann: Computer Security. Wiley & Sons, 2011
- B. Schneier: Applied Cryptography. Wiley & Sons, 1995
- Ross Anderson. Security Engineering, Wiley & Sons, 2001