Lecture Schedule for CS461/498IA — Spring 2007

NOTE: All future lecture topics are subject to change.

DateTopicReadingsSlidesAssignments
Jan 16 Overview Ch. 1 (ppt) (pdf)
Jan 18 Access Control Matrix and Security Policies
Presented by Susan Hinrichs
Ch. 2, Ch. 4 Access Control Matrix (ppt) (pdf)
Security Policies (ppt) (pdf)
Jan 23 Confidentiality Policies Ch. 5
Bell-LaPadula 1 Bell-LaPadula 2
McLean dagger-property, McLean's Z System paper
(ppt) (pdf) HW1 handed out
Jan 25 Integrity Policies Ch. 6 (ppt) (pdf)
Jan 30 Risk Analysis
Presented by Susan Hinrichs
(ppt) (pdf)
Feb 1 Trusted Operating Systems Ch. 5.2.2. (ppt) (pdf) HW2 handed out
Feb 6 Legislation and Security (ppt) (pdf)
Feb 8 Midterm Review Old midterm answer key: Fall'05, Fall'06
Feb 13 NO CLASS: Midterm posponed
Feb 15 Midterm 1 solutions
Feb 20 Applied cryptography Chapter 9 (ppt) (pdf)
Feb 22
Feb 27Public key cryptography (ppt) (pdf) HW3 handed out
Mar 1 Key management
Presented by Jodie Boyer
Chapter 10 (ppt) (pdf)
Mar 6 Network Security Ch. 11 (ppt) (pdf) HW4 handed out
Mar 8 Authentication Ch. 12 (ppt) (pdf)
Mar 13 Midterm review: 3:30-3:45
Vern Paxson, "Experience with Countering Internet Attacks,", 4pm B02 CSL
Mar 15 Midterm 2 Old midterms: FA'05, FA'06 solutions
Mar 20–22 Spring break
Mar 27 Perimeter Defense Ch. 25 and 26 (ppt) (pdf)
Mar 29 Design Principles Ch. 13
Saltzer & Schroeder paper
Star Wars Security Principles
(ppt) (pdf) HW5 handed out
Assurance Ch. 18
(ppt) (pdf)
Apr 3 Secure Design Ch. 19 (ppt) (pdf)
Apr 5 Evaluation Criteria Ch. 21 (ppt) (pdf)
Apr 10 Code Vulnerabilities and Malicious Programs Ch. 22 (ppt) (pdf)
Apr 12 Auditing Ch. 24 (ppt) (pdf) HW6 handed out
Apr 17 Physical Security (ppt) (pdf)
Apr 19 Harware Support for Security (ppt) (pdf)
Apr 24 Security Stories (bring stories from news/elsewhere to class)
Security Research Overview
Apr 26 Privacy
Presented by Jodie Boyer
(ppt) (pdf)
May 1 Final Review
May 8 Final Exam, 1:30pm–4:30p, 106B8 EH Old final: FA'05, FA'06