ITIS 3200: Introduction to Information Security and Privacy
Information security and privacy has played an important role in our daily lives.
Cyber physical systems (CPS) and critical infrastructures including
smart grid, smart healthcare, and intelligent transportation systems all depend
on the information and network 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. A balance between theory and hands-on exercises will be
maintained.
Syllabus
Week 1 (Jan 8): Introduction to security and problems that we face today
Week 2 (Jan 13 and 15): Introduction to security and problems that we face today
Chapter 1: basic concepts
Chapter 2: access control matrix
Homework 1: We post homework 1 in moodle2. The deadline is extended to Jan 23, 9:30am.
Week 3 (Jan 20 and 22):
Chapter 2: access control matrix
Chapter 4: access control types
Chapter 5: Bell-LaPadula model
Week 4 (Jan 27 and 29):
Chapter 5: Bell-LaPadula model
Chapter 6: Clark-Wilson model
Chapter 7: Chinese Wall and Role Based Access Control
Homework 2: We post homework 2 in moodle2. The deadline is Feb 10th, 9:30am.
Week 5 (Feb 3 and 5):
Chapter 7: Chinese Wall and Role Based Access Control
Chapter 8: Crypto Systems (Part 1)
Week 6 (Feb 10 and 12):
Chapter 8: Crypto Systems (Part 1)
Chapter 8: DES encryption (Part 2)
Midterm Exam: the Midterm exam will be on Feb 26, in class. We will run a review session on Feb 24th.
Week 7 (Feb 17 and 19):
Chapter 8: DES encryption (Part 2)
Week 8 (Feb 24 and 26):
Midterm review. One class is canceled because of snow.
Week 9 (Mar 3 and 5):
Spring break.
Week 10 (Mar 10 and 12):
Midterm exam.
Asymmetric encryption and hash function
Homework 3: We post homework 3 in moodle2. The deadline is March 24th, 9:30am.
Week 11 (Mar 17 and 19):
Asymmetric encryption and hash function
Week 12 (Mar 24 and 26):
Usage of hash function and RSA
Homework 4: We post homework 4 in moodle2. The deadline is April 2nd, 9:30am.
Survey Paper/Project: We post requirements for Survey Paper/Project in moodle2. The deadline is now April 29th, 11:55pm.
Week 13 (Mar 31 and April 2):
Key management and frequently seen attacks
Week 14 (April 7 and 9):
Key management and frequently seen attacks
Authentication and Password Management
Week 15 (April 14 and 16):
Authentication and Password Management
Homework 5: We post homework 5 in moodle2. The deadline is April 23rd, 9:30am.
Week 16 (April 21 and 23):
Design principles of security mechanisms
Web Security
Bonus point: We post a bonus point question in moodle2. The deadline is April 28th, 9:30am.
Week 17 (April 28):
Review for final exam. Materials updated in Moodle2.