ITIS 3200: Introduction to Information Security and Privacy
Information security and privacy has played an important role in our daily lives.
In this course, we are going to present
the basic knowledge in this literature and how these simple yet neat
ideas can be combined to construct secure
mechanisms. We will introduce security and privacy from policy, implementation,
and enforcement aspects. We will introduce the building blocks such as
encryption and authentication. We will also discuss the topics in network,
system, software, and user security. Some state-of-the-art problems will
also be introduced.
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction,
Week 2: Slide for Chapter 1,
Slide for Chapter 2,
Slide for Chapter 4
Week 3: Slide for Chapter 5,
Slide for Chapter 6
Homework 1: Homework 1, due September 15th, 2009 before class.
Week 4: Slide for Chapter 7,
Slide for Chapter 8, part 1,
Homework 2: Homework 2, due September 22nd, 2009 before class.
Week 5: Slide for Chapter 8, part 1,
Slide for Chapter 8, part 2
Week 6: Slide for Chapter 8, part 1,
Slide for Chapter 8, part 2,
Slide for Chapter 9.
Homework 3: Homework 3, due October 6th, 2009 before class.
Week 7: Slide for Chapter 8, part 2,
Slide for Chapter 9.
Week 8: No class because of student recess.
Week 9: Midterm exam.
Week 10: Midterm review, Slide for Chapter 9.
Project handout: Project 1: Google hacking.
Report due Dec 8th before class.
Week 11: Slide for Chapter 9,
Slide for Chapter 11.
Homework 4: Homework 4, due November 17th, 2009 before class.
Week 12: Slide for Chapter 9,
Slide for Chapter 11.
Week 14: Slide for Chapter 11,
Slide for Chapter 12.
Week 15: Slide for Chapter 12.
Final exam review.