Last updated on December 1, 2012

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Assignments become available and discussed in the session

 

September
Week # Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 3

4

UBC-wide orientation.
No classes.

 5

6

  1. Course overview

 

 7
2

10

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

11
  1. Introduction to Computer Security

Read:

  1. Chapter 1 Stamp.

Problems from Stamp to try: 1-20.

12

13

  1. Introduction to Computer Security
  2. Principles of Designing Secure Systems

Read:

  1. Chapter 1 Stamp.

Problems from Stamp to try: 1-20.

Office hours 11:00-12:00

14
3

17

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

Assignment #1 (Risk Analysis)
due 21:00

 

18*

  1. Principles of Designing Secure Systems

Last day to withdraw from the course without W standing.

19

20*

  1. Quiz #1 (on all lectures)
  2. Introduction to Cryptography

Read:

  1. Stamp: Chapter 2 (except 2.3.6 & 2.3.8)
  2. Anderson: Section 5.3.

Problems from Stamp chapter 2 to look at: 3, 7, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20.

No Office hours

21

 

4

24

 

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

25

  1. Introduction to Cryptography

Read:

  1. Stamp: Chapter 2 (except 2.3.6 & 2.3.8),
  2. Anderson: Section 5.3.

Problems from Stamp chapter 2 to look at: 3, 7, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20.

 26

27

  1. Symmetric Cryptography

Read:

  1. Stamp: Chapter 3

Problems from Stamp chapter 3 to look at: all.

link to AES demos in Flash

Office hours 11:00-12:00

 28

 

October
Week # Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
5

1

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

Assignment #2 (crypto)
due 21:00

 

2

  1. Symmetric Cryptography
  2. Asymmetric Cryptography

Read:

  1. Chapter 3.
  2. Appendix A-2.
  3. Sections 4.1-4.3.1, 4.6-4.9
  4. Optional: Sections 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.5.

Problems from Chapters 3 & 4 to look at: all.

3

 

4

  1. Quiz #2 (on all lectures since previous quiz)
  2. Asymmetric Cryptography

Read:

  1. Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.5-5.8.
  2. Optional: Sections 5.3-5.6

Problems from Stamp Chapter 4: all.

Office hours 11:00-12:00

deadline for an optional meeting with the instructor to discuss term project proposals

 5
6

8

Thanksgiving Day

9

  1. Authentication and Key establishment Over Network

Read: 9.1-9.4, 9.6, 9.7.

Problems from Stamp Chapter 9 to look at: 1-41.

10

11

Term project proposals presentations

Office hours 11:00-12:00

 

 

 

 

12

Last day to withdraw from the course with W standing.
Term project proposals due 21:00
7

15

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

Assignment #3 (VPN)
due 21:00

16

Authentication

Read: Stamp: 7.2-7.8

Problems from Stamp chapter 7 to look at: 1, 2, 4-11, 13-15, 17-19, 21-24.

17

 

18

  1. Authentication
  2. Peer presure project

Read: Stamp: 7.2-7.8

Problems from Stamp chapter 7 to look at: 1, 2, 4-11, 13-15, 17-19, 21-24.

Office hours 11:00-12:00

19

 
8

22

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

23

  1. Quiz #3
  2. Access Control

Read: Stamp: sections 8.1-8.4, 8.8-8.10

24

25

  1. Access Control
  2. case study: access control in Android

Read: Stamp: sections 8.1-8.4, 8.8-8.10

Office hours 11:00-12:00

26
9

29

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

Assignment #4 (passwords)
due 21:00

30*

Malware Security

Software Security

Read Chapter 11 and Section 12.4

 

31

 

 

 

November
Week # Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9

 

 

 

 

 

1*

Software Security

Read Chapter 11 and Section 12.4

 

No Office hours

2
10

5

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

6

  1. Quiz #4
  2. Guest lecture on Web Security (by Yvan Boily, Mozilla Corporation).

 

7

8

Guest lecture: Anatomy of Attacks (by Dmitry Samosseiko, Sophos Labs)

Read: Stamp, Chapter 11.

Look at the problems from Stamp in chapter 11.

 9
11

12

Remembrance Day, UBC closed

13

Usable Security

Read: Anderson Chapters 7, 24, 26

14

Assignment #5 (WebGoat)
due 21:00

15

Usable Security

Office hours 11:00-12:00

16
12

19

TA office hours, 12pm-1pm, KAIS 4037.

20*

Case study: usable security for security professionals

21

22*

  1. Quiz #5
  2. Social, Economic, and Business aspects of security

Office hours 11:00-12:00, KAIS 4037.

 23
13

26

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

 

27*

Case Study: Security and Usability of Web SSO

 

28

Bonus Assignment #6 (Reverse Engineering)
due 21:00

29*

  1. Case Study: Social Botnets
  2. Tutorial on Making Oral Technical Presentations

Office hours 11:00-12:00, KAIS 4037.

30

Term project video clips due 21:00

 

December
Week # Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
14

3

TA office hours, 11-12, KAIS 4037.

4

9:00-17:00 Mini-conference all day in KAIS 2020

Term projects presented

 5

6

 

Office hours 11:00-12:00

7

Final Exam 3:30-6:00 PM.
15

10

11

Term project reports due 21:00

Self-assessment of course participation due 22:00

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13

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16 17 18

19

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