ISA 662 Information System Security  spring 2006  Section 001

 (last updated on 5 / 8 / 2006. The answer for HW4, question 2 has been changed) .


Time: 

Tuesday 4:30pm - 7:10pm

Location:

ST2,  9
Instructor:  Dr. Duminda Wijesekera

Email: 

dwijesek@gmu.edu (please include "isa662" 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, Tuesday3:00~4:00PM

 

Jiang Wang   jwanga@gmu.edu

Central Module, Room 22 (Since I haven't got key for room 432 yet, the room changed to Central Module, Room 22 in recent weeks).

Thu. 10:am-12:am or by appointment (The office hour changes to Tue (4/25). 10:00am-12:00pm for this week)

Webpage:

http://www.ise.gmu.edu/~duminda/classes/spring06/isa662/index.htm


Description:

Study of security policies, models, and mechanisms for secrecy, integrity, and availability. Topics include operating system models and mechanisms for mandatory and discretionary controls, data models, concepts and mechanisms for database security, basic cryptography and its applications, security in computer networks and distributed systems and control and prevention of viruses and other rogue programs.


Prerequisites:

Must have completed INFS 601 (concurrent enrollment is not sufficient). Must be familiar with discrete mathematics, and be Web and PDF capable.  


Textbook:

M.Bishop, Computer Security. Art and Science, Addison-Wesley 2003, ISBN 0-201-44099-7 

(Make sure you check out the errata at: http://nob.cs.ucdavis.edu/book/book-aands/index.html

 

References:

M. D. Abrams, S. Jajodia, and H. J. Podell, eds., Information Security: An Integrated Collection of Essays. IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995 

A.J. Menezes, P.C. van Oorschot, and S.A. Vanstone, Handbook of Applied Cryptography, CRC Press, 1996

E. Amoroso, Fundamentals of Computer Security Technology, Prentice Hall, 1994 

C.Kaufman, R.Perlman, and M.Speciner. Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 2002 

R.Anderson, Security Engineering, John Wiley and Sons 2001 

H.X.Mel, D.Baker, Cryptography Decrypted, Addison-Wesley 2001 

M.E.Whitman, H.J.Mattord, Principles of Information Security, Thomson Course Technology 2003

D. E. Denning, Cryptography and Data Security, Addison Wesley 1982


Grading Policy (tentative):

Academic Integrity: 

All students must follow the university, school and department's policies regarding academic integrity. Violation of the Honor Code will result in a grade of F for the course and penalties imposed by the university and/or the ISE department.) 

Grading: 

The grades are based on four homework assignments (4 x 7.5%), a midterm exam (closed-book in-class, 30%), and a final exam (closed-book in-class, 40%). The final grades will be assigned by "curving" the overall class performance.

Policy

Late homework will be accepted with 10% penalty for each day past due, but the submission will no longer be accepted once the homework is discussed in class. You are excused from an exam ONLY under a university-approved condition, such as sickness with a doctor's note. Other events such as a business travel are not excused. 

Schedule (subject to change without notice):

Date

Topic

Readings

Suggested Exercises

Handout

Homework Assignment Note

01/24 

Introduction and Access Control Matrix

Chapter 1 and 2

Ch1(1,4,9,10) Ch2(1,4,5) handout1   Page 25,31,32 of the handouts have been updated since first posted. Page 37 of the textbook has errors. See errata here and here.

01/31 

Foundational Results and Mechanisms Chapter 3.1-3.2, 15.1-15.2 Ch15(1,2,3,6) handout2

 

the HRU Paper (not required)

the PowerPoint slides

02/07

Security Policies/Confidentiality Policies

Chapter 4

Ch4(3,4,5,6) Ch5(2) handout3    HW1 Solution

Due 02/21

  .doc  .pdf

the FAF Paper (not required). Page 23 and 41 of the handouts have been updated.

02/14 

Integrity Policies and Hybrid Policies

Chapter 5

Ch6(2,3,10) Ch7(1,7) handout4 

 

 

 
02/21

 

Role base access control (RBAC)

 

1. Presentation on RBAC standard

(courtesy Wilfredo Alvarez)

2."A Proposed Standard

for Role Based Access Control

from The RBAC Standard  

1. (ppt)

2. (PDF)

    HW2   Solution

   Due 03/7

 

  .doc  .pdf

 

For Question 4, pls

read this handout

p 57-68

 
Page 53,55,56 of handouts are updated. the LBAC Paper , RBAC96  RBAC97 (not required) The RBAC Standard  

02/28

Integrity Policies and Hybrid Policies

Chapter 6, 7.1, 7.4 (skip 7.2-7.3)

 

Ch9(2,6) Ch11(3)  handout5

 

FIPS 46-2 (DES) The Enigma Cipher
03/07  Midterm Exam   Material to Date       

03/14

 Spring break

 

 

03/21  

Cryptography II (Public-key Crypto) & Review

Chapter 9  Chapter  11.1-11.2

  Ch9(16,18.20)   handout6 HW3  Solution

Due 04/11 .doc  .pdf

SHA-1 Collision  Breaking RSA easier than factoring PRIMES is in P Crypto FAQ 

03/28  

Key Management  

Chapter 10 

Ch10(7)    handout7   Needham-Schroeder Otway-Rees Kerberos@MIT X.509

04/04  

Protocols Chapter 11.3-11.4 Ch11(10) handout8

 

 

 
Internet Is Already Too Secure SSL3.0 IPsec

04/11

Authentication and Identity

Chapter 12, 14

Ch12(6,7,8,12,13)  handout9 HW4   Solution

Due 04/25 .doc  .pdf

UNIX password Lamport's Scheme EKE Gummy Bears Beat Biometrics Lamport Animation

04/18  

Information Flow and Confinement.

Chapter 16, 17 (skip 16.4, 17.3.1-17.3.2)

Ch16(1)    handout10

 

VoIP tracing Denning76 Foley89 Denning277 
04/25 Noninterference and Policy Composition Chapter 8   handout11    

05/02 

To be determined

  FinalReview   

05/09

Final Exam

Material After Midterm 

     

 

(The handouts will borrow heavily from M.Bishop's slides that can be found here. The handouts will also contain materials by Dr. Sushil Jajodia)

 

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