CS 465 A - Introduction to IT Security

This course provides a basic introduction to security. It presents the basic ideas of authentication, confidentiality, and integrity. The class will discuss applications where security is crucial. The purpose of this class is to create awareness that security is not just an add-on but an integral component in today's designs, protocols, and applications.

Pre-requisites:

• MA 134 (Discrete Mathematics) and CS 385 (Data Structures and Algorithms II)
• or permission of the instructor

Security Engineering (Second Edition) by Ross Anderson

Dr. Susanne Wetzel (swetzel AT cs DOT stevens DOT edu)
Office hours: Wednesdays 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM and by appointment. Babbio Center 634.

None.

Class Mailing List:

CS465 on Guinness.

• Homework Assignments: 15% - four assignments, 5% for each of the three best ones
• Quizzes: 15% - four quizzes, 5% for each of the three best ones
• Midterm: 20%
• Final: 30%
• Project: 20%

Policies:

• A make-up midterm/final will be granted only if the instructor is notified before the exam and there is serious illness or similarly important reason for missing the exam.
• For fairness to all students there will be no individual extra credit work.
• Homework assignments are due before the lecture begins. After that, 25% will be deducted from your grade. For homeworks late more than one (two) day(s), 50% (75%) will be deducted. No credit will be given for homeworks that are more than 3 days late. Exceptions may be granted only if there is an important reason. Exceptions must be cleared with the instructor in advance. If you must miss a class at which an assignment is due, you may email your solution to the TA postmarked BEFORE it is due.
• You may collaborate on homeworks with your fellow students to a limited degree. I.e., you may discuss concept clarifications with other students, but the specific details of your homeworks must be your own work.
• You must specify in writing any resources (web, books etc.) other than the textbook that you used for completing the assignments.
• It is cheating to collaboratively work out a detailed solution, to copy a solution from another student or some other resource without specifying it, or to give away a solution.
• ALL parties involved in a case of cheating get an automatic grade of zero (0) in the assignment/exam. Repeated cases get an F in the course. Any case of cheating will be reported to the honor board.
• Programming assignments must be completed in C/C++ (unless otherwise stated). Submissions must include makefiles. Programming assignments are graded on style, documentation, and content. Your code must compile on the CSlab machines. Programs that do not compile will receive an automatic grade of zero (0). Submissions are accepted through 'submit' on the lab machines only (see manpages for 'submit').

Week	Date	Topics
1	August 26, 2008	Introduction
	August 28, 2008	Introduction
2	September 2, 2008	Usability and Psychology
	September 4, 2008	Usability and Psychology
3	September 9, 2008	Symmetric Key Cryptography
	September 11, 2008	Symmetric Key Cryptography
4	September 16, 2008	Public Key Cryptography
	September 18, 2008	No Class
5	September 23, 2008	Public Key Cryptography
	September 24, 2008	Hash Functions (Makeup Class for September 18)
	September 25, 2008	Initial Project Presentations
6	September 30, 2008	Cryptographic Protocols
	October 2, 2008	Cryptographic Protocols
7	October 7, 2008	Key Exchange and Key Establishment
	October 9, 2008	Guest Lecture (Gus Weber, Microsoft): Web 2.0 Security
8	October 14, 2008	No Class - Monday Schedule
	October 16, 2008	Midterm
9	October 21, 2008	Key Exchange and Key Establishment
	October 23, 2008	Distributed Systems
	October 24, 2008	Multi-level/multi-lateral (Makeup Class for October 28/30)
10	October 28, 2008	No Class
	October 30, 2008	No Class
11	November 4, 2008	Cancelled
	November 6, 2008	Ecomonics
12	November 11, 2008	Economics
	November 13, 2008	Guest Lecture (Sven Dietrich): Botnets and Malware
13	November 18, 2008	Game Theory and Security
	November 20, 2008	Game Theory and Security
14	November 25, 2008	Ethics
	November 27, 2008	No Class - Thanksgiving
15	December 2, 2008	Poster Presentations (12-2pm, Lieb 319)
	December 4, 2008	Ethics
	December 12, 1-5pm	FINAL