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.
Lernziel
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.
Inhalt
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.
Skript
Will be made available during the semester.
Literatur
Paul C. van Oorschot, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels. Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup, A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes
Ideally, students will have taken the D-INFK Bachelors course “Information Security" or an equivalent course at Bachelors level.
Kompetenzen
Fachspezifische Kompetenzen
Konzepte und Theorien
geprüft
Verfahren und Technologien
geprüft
Methodenspezifische Kompetenzen
Analytische Kompetenzen
geprüft
Problemlösung
geprüft
Persönliche Kompetenzen
Anpassung und Flexibilität
gefördert
Leistungskontrolle
Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird)
Repetition nur nach erneuter Belegung der Lerneinheit möglich.
Zusatzinformation zum Prüfungsmodus
Students will be graded on lab projects, to be completed every fortnight during the semester. Each project will involve the production of either a software artefact or a written piece of work, depending on the topic. Final grade is average of these.
Last cancellation/deregistration date for this graded semester performance: 6 October 2023! Please note that after that date no deregistration will be accepted and the course will be considered as "fail".
Leistungskontrolle als Semesterkurs