ITIS 3200: Introduction to Information Security and Privacy

Information security and privacy has played an important role in our daily lives. The new health care system, smart grid, transportation system all depend on the information and infrastructure security. 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, Some interesting security research: three examples
              Slides for Chapter 1    

Week 2: Slides for Chapter 2     Slides for Chapter 4     Slides for Chapter 5    

Week 3: Slides for Chapter 5     Slides for Chapter 6    

Week 4: Slides for Chapter 6     Slides for Chapter 7    

Homework 1: Due on Sep 19th before class. Please submit through moodle.

Week 5: Slides for Chapter 7     Slides for Chapter 8, part 1    

Homework 2: Due on Sep 26th before class. Please submit through moodle.

Week 6: Slides for Chapter 8, part 1     Slides for Chapter 8, part 2    

Week 7: Slides for Chapter 8, part 2     Midterm review    

The midterm exam will be held on Oct 10th, in class.

Week 9: Slides for Chapter 8, part 2    

Homework 3: Due on Oct 29th before class. Please submit through moodle.

Week 10: Slides for Chapter 8, part 2     Slides for Chapter 9    

Week 11: Slides for Chapter 9    

Term paper: Requireemnt,   recommended topics and references. Due on Dec 5th, the last day of class. Please submit through moodle.

Week 12: Slides for Chapter 11    

Homework 4: Due on Nov 19th before class. Please submit through moodle.

Week 13: Slides for Chapter 11     Slides for Chapter 12     Slides for Chapter 13    

Week 14: Slides for Chapter 13    

Week 15: Real life attacks: How to shop free on line     Final Exam review