ISA 562 Information Security Theory & Practice

Fall 2007

This page will be updated frequently !

Professor Duminda Wijesekera

Fall 2007, Monday 4:30pm - 7:10pm, ENT 178

Instructor:	Dr. Duminda Wijesekera
Email:	dwijesek@gmu.edu (please include "isa562" in your subject line)
Office:	S&T-II Room 351
Office phone:	(703) 993-1578
Office hours:  TA: Office: Office hours:	Monday 3:00-4:00PM Wednesday 6:00-7:00PM Min Xu  mxu@gmu.edu(please include "isa562" in your subject line) STII, Room 468 Monday 2:30-4:30PM Ahmed K Alazzawe aalazza1@gmu.edu
Webpage:	http://www.ise.gmu.edu/~duminda/classes/fall07/isa562/

News!
12/06/2007	The final exam will be held on 12/10/07 and 12/17/07. You can choose either day to take but only once.
	No make up is allowed!  Please bring pencils and eraser!!! The exam will be multiple choices.
	The location of 12/10/07 will be at RA 249 at 4:30-7:10PM.  The 12/17 is at classroom.
12/07/2007	Due to class room size limitation, we only can have about 30 students to take exam on 12/10/07. If you want to
	take exam on that day, please send email to mxu@gmu.edu, including subject "12/10 exam" and your four name and G#.  First come, First service. The professor has bought the scantrons!

Course Description

This course is a broad introduction to the theory and practice of Information Security. It serves as the first security course for the MS-ISA degree and is required as a pre-requisite for all subsequent ISA courses (at the 600 and 700 levels). It also serves as an entry level course available to non-ISA students, including MS-CS, MS-ISE and MS-SWE students.

Course Prerequisite

INFS 501 or equivalent

INFS 515 or equivalent

INFS 590 or equivalent

SWE 510 or equivalent

Or permission of instructor

Textbook and Readings

Required: Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK

Reference: Computer Security: Art and Science by Matt Bishop. Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (December 2, 2002) ISBN: 0201440997

Grading

Assignments	40%
Midterm	30%
Final	30%

The Midterms and Final are closed book.

All assignments must be done individually by each student, unless explicitly required otherwise.

The final grades are computed according to the following rules:

1. A+: >= 95%

2. A: >= 90% and < 95%

3. A-: >= 85% and < 90%

4. B+: >= 80% and < 85%

5. B: >= 75% and < 80%

6. B-: >= 70% and < 75%

7. C+: >= 66% and < 70%

8. C: >= 63% and < 66%

9. C-: >= 60% and < 63%

10. D+: >= 56% and < 60%

11. D: >= 53% and < 56%

12. D-: >= 50% and < 53%

13. F: < 50%.

Class Schedule (will be updated frequently)

Academic Integrity

All students are required to follow all university, school and department policies regarding academic integrity. Violator of the Honor Code will result in a grade of F for the course, as well as any penalties imposed by the university and/or the ISE department.