263-0009-00L Information Security Lab
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2021 |
| Lecturers | K. Paterson, S. Capkun, D. Hofheinz, A. Perrig, S. Shinde |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Only for master students! Number of participants limited to 250. |
| Abstract | 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 two-week segments. In each segment, a new concept from Information Security will be introduced. The overall scope will be broad, including cryptography, protocol design, network security, system security. |
| 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. |