| Dates | Topics |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, Aug 29 | Introduction to the Course |
| Thursday, Aug 31 | Threat modeling |
| Tuesday, Sep 5 | Risk Assessment |
| Thursday, Sep 7 | Class Cancelled |
| Tuesday, Sep 12 | Milestone 1 Risk Assessment Report – Q&A, Introduction to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) & Linux |
| Thursday, Sep 14 | Data Privacy |
| Sunday, Sep 17 | Milestone 1 Risk Assessment Report Due |
| Tuesday, Sep 19 | Introduction to Cryptography |
| Thursday, Sep 21 | Introduction to Cryptography …continued |
| Tuesday, Sep 26 | Milestone 1 Report Feedback |
| Thursday, Sep 28 | Symmetric Cryptography & Hashing |
| Sunday, Oct 1 | Milestone 2 Final Risk Assessment Report Due |
| Tuesday, Oct 3 | Asymmetric Cryptography & Digital Signatures |
| Thursday, Oct 5 | Digital Certificates and Public Key Infrastructures |
| Thursday, Oct 10 | Authentication & Passwords |
| Tuesday, Oct 12 | Password Cracking |
| Tuesday, Oct 17 | Vulnerability Scanning |
| Thursday, Oct 19 | Vulnerability Exploitation |
| Sunday, Oct 22 | Deadline: Labs 1-7 & Discussion Briefs |
| Tuesday, Oct 24 | Milestone 3 Penetration Test Findings Report – Q&A |
| Thursday, Oct 26 | Milestone 3 Penetration Test Findings Report – Q&A |
| Thursday, Oct 31 | Human Element – Information Security in Organizations |
| Tuesday, Nov 2 | Physical Security |
| Tuesday, Nov 7 | Milestone 3 – Individual/Group Work-Day |
| Thursday, Nov 9 | Malware Analysis |
| Sunday Nov 12 | Milestone 3 Penetration Test Findings Report Due |
| Tuesday, Nov 14 | Network Security Monitoring |
| Thursday Nov 16 | Incident Response & Recovery: Equifax Case Study |
| Nov 21 & 23 | Fall Break & Thanksgiving – No Class |
| Tuesday, Nov 28 | Incident Response & Recovery: Maersk Case Study |
| Thursday, Nov 30 | Milestone 3 Report Feedback |
| Tuesday, Dec 5 | Milestone 4 Report – Q&A |
| Thursday, Dec 7 | Course Review & Wrap Up |
| Sunday, Dec 10 | Milestone 4 Penetration Test Findings with Recommendations Report Due |
| Sunday, Dec 10 | Deadline: Labs 8-9 and Discussion Briefs |