ScheduleΒΆ
This schedule may change as the course progresses.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Jan 18 Martin Luther King Day |
Jan 19 | Jan 20 | Jan 21 |
Jan 22: Course Introduction LEC 1: Overview of the Course (Video, Slides) Readings: Information Security (Wikipedia) |
| Jan 25 | Jan 26 | Jan 27 | Jan 28 |
Jan 29: Cryptography LEC 2: Terminology & Classic Ciphers (Video, Slides) LEC 3: Stream Ciphers, Block Ciphers, Perfect Secrecy, and IND-CPA Security (Video, Slides) Readings: Cryptography, One-Time Pad, Information Theoretic Security, Stream Cipher, Pesudo-random Number Generator, Pesudo-random Number Generator, Semantic Security, Block Cipher, Block Cipher Modes of Operation, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard |
| Feb 1 | Feb 2 | Feb 3 | Feb 4 |
Feb 5: Cryptography LEC 4: Cryptographic Hash Functions and Message Authentication Code (Video, Slides) LEC 5: Public Key Encryption and Digital Signatures (Video, Slides) Readings: Cryptographic Hash Function, Message Authentication Code, Public Key Cryptography, RSA, Diffie-Hellman, ElGamal, New Directions in Cryptography |
| Feb 8 |
Feb 9 Breakout Session DUE: Quiz 1 (11:59pm CST) |
Feb 10 | Feb 11 |
Feb 12: Security Basics LEC 6: User Authentication (Video, Slides) Readings: Password, Password Strength, Password Cracking, Password Salts, Trusted Path, One-time Password |
| Feb 15 |
Feb 16 Breakout Session Cancelled (Weather Closing) |
Feb 17 | Feb 18 |
Feb 19 Class Cancelled (Weather Closing) |
| Feb 22 |
Feb 23 Breakout Session |
Feb 24 | Feb 25 |
Feb 26: Security Basics LEC 7: Operating Systems Security Basics & UNIX Access Control (Video, Slides) Readings: Section IA of The Protection of Information in Computer Systems, CPU Modes, System Call, File-system Permissions, UNIX File and Directory Permissions and Modes, Unix File Permissions DUE: Homework 1 (11:59pm CST) |
| Mar 1 |
Mar 2 Breakout Session |
Mar 3 | Mar 4 |
Mar 5: Software Security I LEC 8: Software Vulnerabilities (Video, Slides) Readings: Privilege Escalation, Directory Traversal, Time-of-Check-to-Time-of-Use, Stack Buffer Overflow, Buffer Overflow Protection, Format String Attack, Integer Overflow, Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit by Aleph One |
| Mar 8 |
Mar 9 Breakout Session DUE: Quiz 2 (11:59pm CST) |
Mar 10 | Mar 11 |
Mar 12: Malware LEC 9: Malwares (Video, Slides) Readings: Malware, Computer Virus, Computer Worm, Botnet, Spyware, Rootkit Tutorial: Project 1 (Video, Slides) DUE: Homework 2 (11:59pm CST) |
| Mar 15 Spring Break |
Mar 16 Spring Break |
Mar 17 Spring Break |
Mar 18 Spring Break |
Mar 19 Spring Break |
| Mar 22 |
Mar 23 Breakout Session |
Mar 24 | Mar 25 | Mar 26 Mid-term Exam (72 hrs from 0am CST) |
| Mar 29 |
Mar 30 Breakout Session |
Mar 31 | Apr 1 |
Apr 2: Software Security II LEC 10: Software Security Analysis (Video, Slides) Readings: Basic Block, Control-Flow Graph, Dependency Graph, Call Graph, Static Program Analysis, Dynamic Program Analysis, Fuzzing, Taint Checking Tutorial: Project 2 (Video, Slides) DUE: Project 1 (11:59pm CST) |
| Apr 5 |
Apr 6 Breakout Session |
Apr 7 | Apr 8 |
Apr 9: Web Security LEC 11: Web Security (Video, Slides) Readings: HTTP Cookie, Same Origin Policy, Cross Site Scripting, Cross Site Request Forgery, SQL Injection |
| Apr 12 |
Apr 13 Breakout Session |
Apr 14 | Apr 15 |
Apr 16: Secure Communication & Malware Defense Readings: Needham-Schroeder Protocol, Public Key Certificate, Transport Layer Security, HTTPS Tutorial: Project 3 (Video, Slides, PHP) DUE: Project 2 (extended to Apr 18 11:59pm CST) |
| Apr 19 |
Apr 20 Breakout Session |
Apr 21 | Apr 22 |
Apr 23: Access Control Models Readings: Discretionary Access Control, Confused Deputy, Bell-LaPadula Model, Looking Back at the Bell-La Padula Model, Non-interference, Security Policies and Security Models, Biba Model, The Chinese Wall Security Policy |
| Apr 26 |
Apr 27 Breakout Session |
Apr 28 | Apr 29 |
Apr 30: Data Privacy Readings: K-Anonymity, L-Diversity, Differential Privacy DUE: Project 3 (extended to May 2 11:59pm CST) |
| May 3 |
May 4 Breakout Session |
May 5 | May 6 |
May 7: Trusted Computing |
| May 10 |
May 11 Final Exam (24 hrs from 0am CST) |
May 12 | May 13 |
May 14 |