Dates | Topic & Assignments Due | Readings |
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Tuesday, 8/24/2021 |
Introduction to the Course |
Anderson, Ch. 1
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Thursday, 8/26/2021 |
Threat modeling |
Read the beginning of each chapter, skim the rest of the chapter: “Threat Modeling,” by Adam Shostack, Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 4 Optional: Schneier, Chapter 21 |
Tuesday, 8/31/2021 |
Risk Assessment |
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Thursday, 9/2/2021 |
Start Milestone 1: Risk Assessment Report Draft Information Privacy |
Tim Cook, “‘Technology can harm, can help” |
Tuesday,9/7/2021 | Introduction to Linux | Google Cloud Platform (GCP) | |
Thursday, 9/9/2021 |
Lab 2: Web Privacy and Anonymity Lab due Introduction to Cryptography |
Anderson, Chapter 5 |
Saturday, 9/11/2021 |
Milestone 1: Risk Assessment Report Draft due |
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Tuesday, 9/14/2021 |
Introduction to Cryptography continued… |
Anderson, Chapter 5 |
Thursday, 9/16/2021 |
No Class Meeting |
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Saturday, 9/18/2021 |
Lab 3: Introduction to Google Cloud Platform and Linux Tutorial due Milestone 2: Risk Assessment Final Report due |
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Tuesday, 9/21/2021 |
Symmetric Cryptography |
Anderson, Chapter 5 |
Thursday, 9/23/2021 |
Lab 4: Symmetric Encryption & Hashing due Asymmetric Cryptography |
Anderson Chapter 5 |
Tuesday, 9/28/2021 |
Digital Certificates and Public Key Infrastructure |
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Thursday, 9/30/2021 |
Lab 5: Asymmetric Cryptography due Authentication and Passwords |
Gosney, “How LinkedIn’s password sloppiness hurts us all“ Goodin, “Why passwords have never been weaker“ |
Tuesday, 10/5/2021 |
Midterm Exam opens Password Cracking |
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Thursday, 10/7/2021 |
Introduction to Networking |
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Sunday, 10/10/2021 |
Deadline for Mid-term Exam |
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Tuesday, 10/12/2021 |
Vulnerability Scanning |
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Thursday, 10/14/2021 |
Vulnerability Scanning continued (Group Work Day) |
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Tuesday, 10/19/2021 |
Start Milestone 3: Penetration Test Vulnerability Exploitation |
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Thursday, 10/21/2021 |
Lab 8: Vulnerability Discovery due Vulnerability Exploitation continued |
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Tuesday, 10/26/2021 |
Human Element – Information Security in Organizations |
Online video: Bruce Schneier, The Security Mirage “Cosmo, the Hacker ‘God’ Who Fell to Earth,” by Mat Honan. |
Thursday, 10/28/2021 |
Lab 9: Vulnerability Exploitation due Physical Security |
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Tuesday, 11/2/2021 |
Network Security Monitoring |
“Network Security Monitoring,” by Richard Bejtlich, Chapter 1 |
Thursday, 11/4/2021 |
Lab 10: Physical Security Scavenger Hunt Incident Response – Equifax Case Study |
HBP Case Study: “Data Breach at Equifax,” Srinivasan et al. |
Saturday, 11/6/2021 |
Milestone 3: Penetration Test Report due |
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Tuesday 11/9/2021 |
Incident Recovery – Maersk Case Study |
HBR Case Study: “CYBERATTACK:”The Maersk Global Supply-Chain Meltdown,” Wesley et al. |
Thursday, 11/11/2021 |
Lab 11: Social Engineering due Incident Recovery continued |
The Untold Story of NotPetya,” by Andy Greenberg |
Tuesday, 11/16/2021 |
Malware Analysis |
Introduction and Chapter 0 of Practical Malware Analysis by Sikorski and Honig. |
Thursday, 11/18/2021 |
Lab 12: Network Security Monitoring due Malware Analysis continued… |
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Tuesday, 11/23/2021 |
Fall Break – No Class Meeting |
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Thursday, 11/25/2021 |
Thanksgiving – No Class Meeting |
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Tuesday, 11/30/2021 |
Course Wrap-up |
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Thursday, 12/2/2021 |
Course Wrap-up continued |
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Thursday, 12/9/2021 |
Final Exam opens |
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Saturday, 12/11/2021 |
Milestone 4: Final Penetration Test Report with Mitigations due |
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Wednesday, 12/15/2021 |
Final Exam closes |
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