CSI 424/524: Information Security (Fall 2016)

Course Information

Class

Tuesday/Thursday 4:15pm-5:35pm

Classroom

BB 213

Instructor

Amir Masoumzadeh

Office Location

UAB-422

Office Hours

Monday 4pm-6pm

Email

amasoumzadeh [at] albany [dot] edu (include "CSI424" or "CSI524" in the subject of your email)

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of networking, operating systems, algorithms, and descrete math (set theory, functions, ...) are expected. Some assignments and possibly the project involves programming.

Textbook

[Bishop] Matt Bishop, "Introduction to Computer Security," Addison-Wesley Professional

Policies

Grading

• Class Participation: 5%
• Assignments: 35%
• Midterm Exam: 30%
• Final Project: 30%

Schedule

The schedule will be regularly updated during the course of the semester. It is your responsibility to review the schedule regularly.

Date	Topic	Reading	Assignment
Aug. 30	Overview of informaion security	[Bishop] Ch. 1
Sep. 1	Design principles	[Bishop] Ch. 12
Sep. 6	Cryptography	[Bishop] Ch. 8
Sep. 8	Key management	[Bishop] Ch. 9
Sep. 13	Cipher techniques	[Bishop] Ch. 10
Sep. 15	Lab 1
Sep. 20	Authentication	[Bishop] Ch. 11
Sep. 22	Identity	[Bishop] Ch. 13
Sep. 27	Access Control Matrix	[Bishop] Ch. 2
Sep. 29	Access Control Matrix - continued	[Bishop] Ch. 3
Oct. 4	Access Control Mechanisms	[Bishop] Ch. 5
Oct. 6	Lab 2
Oct. 11	No Class (Yom Kippur Break)
Oct. 13	Security Policies	[Bishop] Ch. 4
Oct. 18	Confidentiality Policies	[Bishop] Ch. 5
Oct. 20	Integrity Policies	[Bishop] Ch. 6
Oct. 25	Hybrid Policies	[Bishop] Ch. 7
Oct. 27	Lab 3
Nov. 1
Nov. 3
Nov. 8	Midterm Exam
Nov. 10	Information Privacy	TBD
Nov. 15	Data Anonymization	TBD
Nov. 17	Malicious Logic	[Bishop] Ch. 19
Nov. 22	Intrusion Detection	[Bishop] Ch. 22
Nov. 24	No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
Nov. 29	Deinal of Service Attacks	TBD
Dec. 1	Firewalls	TBD
Dec. 6	Final Project Presentations
Dec. 8	Final Project Presentations