ICSI-660/445 Theory and Practice of Security and Privacy

2014 Fall Term

Announcements ·  Course Objectives ·  Evaluation ·  Lectures Notes ·  Term Paper ·  Project ·  Assignments ·  Recommended Study Material 

Instructor: Pradeep K. Atrey
Office: LI 096C
Class Meeting Time: Mondays, Wednesdays 4:15 p.m. - 5:35 p.m.
Class Room: BB0213
Office Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and By appointment
Email: first letter of first name plus last name at albany dot edu

Announcements

November 22, 2014:
  • Final project submission details have been posted, please see below.

    Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

    This course lays the foundation for graduate and senior undergraduate students to conduct research in the area of computer security and privacy. It covers the main topics in computer security, such as encryption methods, public key cryptography, hash function and signature schemes, key exchange protocols, secret sharing, homomorphism, authentication and access control models, multimedia security and homeland security. Privacy preserving techniques such as data aggregation, perturbation, k-anonymity and l-diversity, and ethical issues are also discussed. Upon completion, the students should be able to understand the theoretical and practical aspects of security and privacy, and open up to the current research challenges in this area.

    Evaluation Components

    For ICSI 660 Students:
    For ICSI 445 Students:

    Lecture Notes

    Week # (Dates) Topics Reading List
    Sep 3 Introduction to the Course
    Sep 8 & 10 Overview & Classical cryptography R1.1 (except R1.1.3, R1.1.4, R1.1.6) & T.2, Univ. of Rhodes - Notes
    Sep 15 & 17 Block ciphers, DES and AES, and Modes of operation T.3, T.5 (except 5.1, 5.6), T.6 (except 6.7) Univ. of Rhodes - Notes
    Sep 22 Basic concepts in Number Theory and Modular Arithmetic T.(4.1, 4.2, & 4.3) & T.(8.1, 8.2)
    Sep 29, Oct 1 & 6 Public Key Cryptography 1 (RSA and D-H Key Exchange) & Public Key Cryptography 2 (Message Authentication, Hash Functions and DSS) T.9 (including Appendix 9A) & T.10.1; T.11 (except 11.6), T.12 (except 12.6, 12.7, 12.8), T.13 (except 13.2, 13.3)
    Oct 8 Term test #1 --
    Oct 13, 15 & 20 Shamir's Secret Sharing and Homomorphism - Secure cloud-based data processing Secret Sharing (Web source), Board scraps
    Oct 22 Term paper presentations -
    Oct 27 & 29 Multimedia Security Web link
    Nov 3 & 5 Privacy Preserving Techniques - Overview & Statistical Disclosure Control & No class on Nov. 5 Statistical Methods for Privacy Protection (Sec 3.1-3.4)
    Nov 10 Term test #2 -
    Nov 12 Review of Term Test #2 and Statistical Disclosure Control (Cont...) -
    Nov 17 Privacy Preserving Data Mining k-Anonymity, l-Diversity, t-Closeness
    Nov 19 Privacy in Video Surveillance Paper1, Paper2
    Nov 20 (makeup class for Nov 5) Privacy in Social Networks Paper
    Nov 25 & Dec 1 Multimedia Surveillance for Homeland Security --
    Dec 3 Course Review and Tips on Final Exam --
    Dec 8, 2:40-4:00 p.m. (LI 98) & 4:15-5:35 p.m. (BB 213) Project presentations --

    Term Paper

    Project (For ICSI-660 only)

    Assignments (For ICSI-445 only)

    Recommended Study Material

    Text Book
    Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, 5/E, by William Stallings, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0136097049, ISBN-13: 9780136097044

    Besides the information contained in the textbook, the appropriate material and examples will also be taken from other sources. Students are responsible for all material covered in the class.
    Reference Books

    1. R1: Computer Security: Principles and Practice. William Stallings and Lawrie Brown. 2nd edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall ISBN-10: 0136004245, ISBN-13: 9780136004240
    2. R2: Security in Computing, By Charles P. Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003 ISBN 0130355488, 9780130355485
    3. R3: Introduction to Computer Security, By Matt Bishop, Addison-Wesley, Published 2004 ISBN 032124744
    4. R4: Cryptography: Theory and Practice, By Douglas Robert Stinson, CRC Press, 2006 ISBN 1584885084, 9781584885085