CSCE 201 Introduction to Computer Security

Fall 2015

Lectures

Date

Topic

Reading

08/20 (T)

IA Education at USC

· IA education overview

· Course info

08/24 (M)

08/25 (T)

Basic Security concepts

IA educational slides

· Easttom Ch.1 – Introduction to Computer Security

· Lecture Notes

· Interesting:

1. CSO business report: Cybersecurity job market to suffer severe workforce shortage, http://www.csoonline.com/article/2953258/it-careers/cybersecurity-job-market-figures-2015-to-2019-indicate-severe-workforce-shortage.html , 7/28/2015

2. Internet Security Threat Report 2015, Symantec, https://know.elq.symantec.com/LP=1542?cid=70150000000diToAAI

08/26-31

08/27-09/01

Basic Security concepts

· Easttom Ch.1

· Lecture Notes

Interesting link:

· Windows 10 and Privacy

1. Microsoft, Windows 10 and privacy, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-privacy-faq

2. PCWorld, “How to reclaim your privacy in Windows 10, piece by piece,” http://www.pcworld.com/article/2971725/windows/hw-to-reclaim-your-privacy-in-windows-10-piece-by-piece.html

09/02

09/03

Basic Security concepts

· Easttom Ch.2 – Networks and the Internet

· Lecture Notes

09/07

Labor Day

· No classes

09/09

09/08-10

Basic Security concepts (cont.)

· Easttom Ch.2 – Networks and the Internet

· Lecture Notes

09/14,16

09/15, 17

Identification and Authentication

· An Introduction to Computer Security: The NIST Handbook, http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-12/handbook.pdf : Chapter 16, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, pages 180-192

· Lecture Notes

09/21-23

09/22-24

Internet Fraud

· Easttom Ch. 3 – Cyber Stalking, Fraud, and Abuse

· Lecture Notes

Interesting Reading:

· Homeland Security News Wire, A first: Anti-fraud system to use existing credit card readers, Sept. 23, 2015, http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20150923-a-first-antifraud-system-to-use-existing-credit-card-readers

END OF TEST 1 MATERIALS

09/28-30

09/29-10/1

Browser safety

Web Browser security

· Lecture Notes

Required reading

· 5 Ways to Secure Your Web Browser, Zone Alarm by Check Point, 2014, http://www.zonealarm.com/blog/2014/05/5-ways-to-secure-your-web-browser/

10/05-07

10/06-08

USC Closed

10/12

10/13

Secure Application Development

· Lecture notes

· Required reading:

· G. McGraw, Software [In]security: Software Security Zombies, 07/2011, http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1739924

10/14

10/15

TEST 1

10/19

10/20

Access Control

· Easttom Ch. 10 – Security Policies

· An Introduction to Computer Security: The NIST Handbook, http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-12/handbook.pdf : Chapter 17, LOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL, pages 180-192

· Lecture Notes

10/21

10/19

Access Control

Cont.

· Easttom Ch. 10 – Security Policies

· Windows AC support

10/26

10/27

Lack of Availability

· Easttom Ch.4 – Denial of Service Attacks

· Lecture Notes

~~10/28~~

~~10/29~~

~~No class on Wednesday~~

~~10/28~~

~~Attend one of these events:~~

1. ~~Securing the Future for Women in IT, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 5:30 pm,~~ ~~IT-oLogy, 1301 Gervais St. Suite 200, Columbia SC, Register at:~~ ~~http://www.techjunto.com/events/966~~

2. Last Lecture Series, Wednesday, October 28, Dr. Duncan Buell, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 7 pm in the Gressette Room of Harper College 3rd floor, https://sc.edu/ofsp/last_lecture_series.shtml

3. or look at the The 2015 (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study and submit a 1 page summary of your reading in class, https://www.isc2cares.org/uploadedFiles/wwwisc2caresorg/Content/GISWS/FrostSullivan-(ISC)%C2%B2-Global-Information-Security-Workforce-Study-2015.pdf

11/ 2

11/3

Physical Security and Backups

· Easttom Ch.11 – Securing individual workstations

· Lecture Notes

11/4-11

11/5-12

Data Recovery and cryptography

· Easttom Ch.8 – Encryption

· Lecture Notes

END OF TEST 2 MATERIALS