This InterFocus Course will provide a broad, hands-on introduction to Information Security, introducing adversarial thinking and security by design as key approaches to building secure systems.
Learning objective
This course will introduce key concepts from Information Security, both from attack and defence perspectives. Students will gain an appreciation of the complexity and challenge of building secure systems.
Content
The course is organised in three-week segments. In each segment, a new concept from Information Security will be introduced. The overall scope will be broad, including cryptography, protocol design, system security, and privacy.
Lecture notes
Will be made available during the semester.
Literature
Paul C. van Oorschot, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels. Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup, A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography.
Prerequisites / Notice
Ideally, students will have taken the D-INFK Bachelors course “Information Security" or an equivalent course at Bachelors level.
