Aug. 31 - Dec. 15, Tuesday and Thursday 04:25 PM - 05:50 PM, Lecture Hall 004
Guanhua Yan
Office: Q11, Engineering Building
Email: ghyan (AT) binghamton.edu
Office hours: Wednesday 4-5pm, Friday 3-4pm
Parag Chaudhari
Office: P17, Engineering Building
Email: pchaudh2 (AT) binghamton.edu
Office hours: Tuesday 3-4pm
This course provides a broad introduction to computer security. Topics covered in this course may include:
- Principles of computer security: different security metrics
- Broader issues related to computer security: ethics, cyberlaw, and privacy
- Cryptography: symmetric key crypto, public key crypto, hashing
- Access control: authentication, authorization
- Protocols: authentication protocols, real-world security protocols
- Systems: software flaws, malware, OS security
Mark Stamp, Information Security: Principles and Practice, Second edition.
Ross Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Second edition.
C/C++, Java, Python, and Openssl.
Course slides are available on the blackboard system.
All assignments, which will be posted on the blackboard, should be done individually. No assignment will be accepted after 48 hours from the deadline. Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day.
Assignments: 20% Course Project: 40% Exam 1: 20% Exam 2: 20%
All students should follow Student Academic Honesty Code.