ISA 562 Information Security Theory & Practice

Spring 2008

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Schedule of Classes (Subject to Change)

Date

Topics

Reading Assignment

Homework Assignment

Supplemental Material

01/21/08

              No Class

 

 

 

01/28/08

Introduction to Course &
Information Security Management

Read Chapter 1

 

·         NIST Publication

·         Security Policy

02/04/08

Access Control -1

(access control matrix)

Read Bishop    Chapter 2

HW1 is out

Due Feb.25

 

02/11/08

Access Control -2

(foundational results)

Read Bishop Chapter 3

HW1 Solution

 

 

02/18/08

Access Control -3

(access control policies)

Read Bishop Chapter 4

 

 

02/25/08

Access Control-4

(MLS Systems)

Access Control-5

(Biba and BLP)

 

Read Bishop Chapter 5, 6

HW2 is out

Due March.10

 

03/03/08

Access Control-6

(RBAC)

Hybrid Polices

 

Read Bishop

Chapter 7

 

 HW2 Solution

 

 

·         Role-Based Access Control Models

·         Proposed NIST Standard for Role-Based Access Control

03/10/08

                  Spring Break

 

 

 

03/17/08

                  Cryptography

 

 

·          Why Cryptography Is Harder Than It Looks

·         Classical Cryptography

·         Des Animation

·         Rijndael Cipher Animation

03/24/08

Midterm

Open Book Exam, Open notes, No laptops

 

 

03/31/08

Network Security: SSL and TLS

Read Bishop Chapter 11

HW3 is out

Due April 21

 

04/07/08

Certificate, Usage and their misuse

Number Theory / Hash

PKI / PGP

IPSEC / VPN

IPSEC Keys / Wireless Security

Transport Layer / SSL, TLS, SSH

 

HW3 Solution

 

 

 

04/14/08

TBD

Read Chapter 5

 

 

04/21/08

TBD

Read chapter 4, chapter 6

 

 

04/28/08

Read Chapter 8, 9, 10

 

05/05/08

              Final Exam 1

Closed Book Exam

 

 

05/12/08

           Final Exam 2

Closed Book Exam