Schedule

The schedule will change as the course progresses, in part based on student interests. If you are particularly interested in some topic not covered here, send an email to the instructor.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Jan 20 Martin Luther King Day	Jan 21	Jan 22 LEC 1: Course Introduction Read: Information Security	Jan 23	Jan 24
Jan 27 LEC 2: Terminology & Classic Ciphers Read: Cryptography, One-Time Pad, Information Theoretic Security	Jan 28	Jan 29 LEC 3: Stream Ciphers, Block Ciphers, Perfect Secrecy, and IND-CPA Security Read: Stream Cipher, Pesudo-random Number Generator, Initial Vector, Semantic Security, Block Cipher, Block Cipher Modes of Operations, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard	Jan 30	Jan 31
Feb 3 LEC 4: Cryptographic Hash Functions and Message Authentication Code Read: Cryptographic Hash Function, Message Authentication Code	Feb 4	Feb 5 LEC 5: Public Key Encryption and Digital Signatures Read: Public Key Cryptography, New Directions in Cryptography, RSA, Diffie-Hellman, ElGamal	Feb 6	Feb 7
Feb 10 LEC 6: User Authentication Read: Password, Password Strength, Password Cracking, Password Salts, Trusted Path, One-time Password, 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	Feb 11	Feb 12 Quiz 1 (LEC 1-5)	Feb 13	Feb 14
Feb 17 TUT 1: Project 1 Tutorial	Feb 18	Feb 19 Quiz 1 Review LEC 7: Operating Systems Security Basics & UNIX Access Control Read: Discretionary Access Control, Confused Deputy, Capability-based Security	Feb 20	Feb 21
Feb 24 Class Cancelled	Feb 25	Feb 26 Class Cancelled	Feb 27	Feb 28
Mar 3 LEC 7: Operating Systems Security Basics & UNIX Access Control LEC 8: Software Vulnerabilities Read: Privilege Escalation, Directory Traversal, Time-of-Check-to-Time-of-Use	Mar 4	Mar 5 LEC 8: Software Vulnerabilities Read: Stack Buffer Overflow, Buffer Overflow Protection, Format String Attack, Integer Overflow, Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit by Aleph One	Mar 6	Mar 7
Mar 10 TUT 2: Project 2 Tutorial	Mar 11	Mar 12 Quiz 2 (LEC 6-8)	Mar 13	Mar 14
Mar 17 Spring Break	Mar 18 Spring Break	Mar 19 Spring Break	Mar 20 Spring Break	Mar 21 Spring Break
Mar 24 LEC 9: Vulnerability Analysis Read: Basic Block, Control-Flow Graph, Dependency Graph, Call Graph	Mar 25	Mar 26 Quiz 2 Review LEC 9: Vulnerability Analysis Read: Static Program Analysis, Dynamic Program Analysis, Fuzzing, Taint Checking	Mar 27	Mar 28
Mar 31 LEC 10: Malwares Read: Malware, Computer Virus, Computer Worm, Botnet, Spyware, Rootkit	Apr 1	Apr 2 LEC 11: Web Security Read: HTTP Cookie, Same Origin Policy, Cross Site Scripting, Cross Site Request Forgery, SQL Injection	Apr 3	Apr 4
Apr 7 TUT 3: Project 3 Tutorial	Apr 8	Apr 9 Quiz 3 (LEC 9-11)	Apr 10	Apr 11
Apr 14 Quiz 3 Review LEC 12: Key Distribution, Agreement & Secure Communication Read: Needham-Schroeder Protocol, Public Key Certificate, Transport Layer Security, HTTPS	Apr 15	Apr 16 LEC 13: Malware Defense, Intrusion Detection & Market Failure of Secure Software Read: Polymorphic Code, Metamorphic Code, Intrusion Detection System, Control Flow Integrity, Control System Security, Covert Channel	Apr 17	Apr 18
Apr 21 LEC 13: Malware Defense, Intrusion Detection & Market Failure of Secure Software LEC 14: Trusted Computing Read: Trusted Computing, Trusted Computing Base, Trusted Platform Module, Trusted Execution Environment	Apr 22	Apr 23 LEC 15: Cyber-Physical Security Read: Cyber-Physical System, Microcontroller, Control System Security, Automotive Security	Apr 24	Apr 25
Apr 28 LEC 16: Legal and Ethics	Apr 29	Apr 30 Quiz 4 (LEC 12-15)	May 1	May 2
May 5 Quiz 4 Review	May 6	May 7 LEC 17: Final Course Review	May 8	May 9 Last Day of Classes
May 12 Final Exam Period (No Exam)	May 13 Final Exam Period (No Exam)	May 14 Final Exam Period (No Exam)	May 15 Final Exam Period (No Exam)	May 16 Final Exam Period (No Exam)