| DATES | TOPIC | Assignments Due |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 8/26/2019 |
Introduction to the Course Threat Modeling |
Anderson, Ch. 1 Read the beginning of each chapter, skim the rest of the chapter: “ThreatModeling,” by Adam Shostack, Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 4 Optional: Schneier, Chapter 21 |
| Monday, 9/2/2019 | Labor Day (no class) | |
| Monday, 9/9/2019 |
Introduction to Linux | Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Introduction to Cryptography |
Lab 1: Threat Modeling |
| Monday, 9/16/2019 |
Symmetric Cryptography Crypto Wars
|
Quiz: Anderson, Ch. 5, pp. 129-149 (2nd ed.); pp. 138–156 (3rd ed.). Tutorial: Introduction to Linux Tutorial: Introduction to Google Cloud Platform |
| Monday, 9/23/2019 |
Asymmetric Cryptography Digital Certificates and PKI |
Lab 2: Symmetric Cryptography |
| Monday, 9/30/2019 |
Begin Milestone 1: Threat model Authentication and Passwords Password Cracking |
2nd edition: Anderson Ch. 2, pp. 31-39, 56-58 Or: 3rd edition: Anderson Ch. 3, pp. 90-97 (section 3.4–3.4.4.2)-, pp. 105-110 (section 3.4.9–3.4.12) Gosney, “How LinkedIn’s password sloppiness hurts us all“ Goodin, “Why passwords have never been weaker” Quiz: Goodin, “Why passwords have never been weaker” Lab 3: Asymmetric Cryptography Lab 4: Digital Certificates and PKI |
| Monday, 10/7/2019 |
Introduction to networking Vulnerability Scanning |
Lab 5: Password Cracking |
| Monday, 10/14/2019 |
Vulnerability Exploitation In-class lab work |
Lab 6: Vulnerability Scanning |
| Monday, 10/21/2019 |
Begin Milestone 2: Penetration test Exploitation demonstration Milestone group workday |
Milestone 1: Threat Model due Lab 7: Exploitation |
| Monday, 10/28/2019 |
No class; Milestone group work day |
|
| Monday, 11/4/2019 |
Physical security The Human Element of Security |
Online video: Bruce Schneier, The Security Mirage “Cosmo, the Hacker ‘God’ Who Fell to Earth,” by Mat Honan. Quiz: Anderson, Chapter 11 |
| Monday, 11/11/2019 |
Incident Response IoT Security |
Milestone 2: Penetration test report draft due |
| Monday, 11/18/2019 |
Risk assessment Information Privacy |
Lab 8: Physical Security Lab 9: Social Engineering Quiz: Tim Cook, “Technology can harm, can help” Quiz: “Citizenfour” film |
| Friday, 11/22/2019 |
|
Milestone 3: Penetration test report due |
| Monday, 11/25/2019 | Fall break, no class | |
| Monday, 12/2/2019 |
Malware Analysis Information Security in Organizations |
Quiz: Introduction and Chapter 0 of Practical Malware Analysis by Sikorski and Honig. |
| Tuesday, 12/3/2019 |
|
|
| Wednesday, 12/4/2019 |
|
Lab 10: Online Privacy |
| Monday, 12/9/2019 |
Risk case study: Maersk Course wrap-up |
Quiz: “Zero Days” film. Optional: Lab 11: Network Security Monitoring Lab 12: Malware Analysis Book report due Extra credit film, book reports due |
| Wednesday, 12/11/2019 |
|
Milestone 5: Final risk assessment report due |
| Thursday, 12/12/2019 |
Final exam period begins |
|
| Wednesday, 12/18/2019 |
Last day of final exams |
|