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- Lecture room change. Our class will be held in Arts 206-209 on Wednesday 10 October 1-2pm, to allow students from COMPSCI 742 to join us for a guest lecture by Ofer Reshef of Fonterra, on Developing and Executing a Security Strategy.
- in2security training event: all day Saturday 22 September, at Auckland Microsoft - Viaduct Harbour. Registration essential, see in2security.org.nz.
- 20 September, 5:30 to 7:30pm, The Real World of IT Security, a presentation by Andy Prow, managing director of Aura Information Security.
- Thu 13 September, 7:30-9am: NZISF Breakfast seminar by Ofer Reshef of Fonterra, on Developing and Executing a Security Strategy. Note: Ofer will also be presenting this material as a guest lecturer in COMPSCI 725 on Wednesday 10 October.
- There will be no lecture on Monday 20 August, because this is the most likely day for Eid-ul-Fitr in New Zealand. The tutorial session will be held as usual on 20 August. Note: students presenting in week 7 should attend a tutorial in week 6 to rehearse their oral presentation.
- IITP #YoungIT: @nzben on Dev trends, 9 August, 5:30pm to 8pm at Microsoft House, includes free beer, wine and pizza. "In this 'not to be missed' presentation, New Zealand's own Ben Gracewood, prominent developer (and swimmer) will guide you through where development has come from, what's currently going on in the wider development space and what's around the corner." IITP members and non-members welcome, but registration is essential. IITP's #YoungIT is a networking group for 20- and 30-something ICT enthusiasts (those with up to 10 years' professional work experience) and students. #YoungIT will be running regular events and providing opportunities for young IT peeps to get together over beer and pizza and good company, while also maybe learning something new...
- NZISF breakfast meeting, 9 August 7:30am, "Security Awareness -- Stop Shouting at your elephants", presentation by Richard Beach.
- BlackHat USA Briefings will be posted online 25-26 July.
- Please note the changed timetable! There is no longer a Thursday lecture (because this conflicted with one of the instructor's other lecture times). Lectures will be Mondays 10-11 in 303.B11, Tuesdays 12-1 in 301.407, and Wednesdays 1-2 in Eng3.406.
- Handling absence or illness:
- If you must leave for family emergencies etc, PLEASE talk to the lecturer, or somehow get a message to the department. Very few problems are so urgent that we cannot be told quite quickly.
- For problems affecting assignments or tests, see the lecturer (or send email, or call on the telephone). This must be done as soon as reasonably possible, if we are to make alternative arrangements that will prevent you from getting a poor mark on this test or assignment.
- For illness during exams (or other problems that affect exam performance) students MUST contact the Examinations Office as soon as possible, and in any event within a week. The time limits and other rules of the University's Aegrotat Policy are strictly enforced.
- Many students have missed out on a whole semester of study because they just went away. Many students have failed an examination because they did not report problems until they received the failing grade. In general, if there is a problem that will affect your study you should speak to someone as soon as possible.
- Students should sit the examination if at all possible, even if they do nothing much more than hand in a script with their name.
- Students should read the examinations handbook that they receive, and they should double-check the examination timetable to make sure they don't miss any of their exams.
Schedule (tentative)
Note: the date listed for student presentation #x is the approximate date on which this presentation will occur; dates will be adjusted when students drop. Students will be assigned numbers by a random process during the first week of classes.
- Week 1 (16 July - 20 July): Introduction; Basics of Security.
- Due before lecture on Tuesday: Read B. W. Lampson, "Computer Security in the Real World", C. ACM 37(6) 37-46, 2004.
- Select class representative
- Handout 1: General Information, v0.96 of 12 July 2012.
- Handout 2: Oral Presentations, v1.01 of 8 August 2012.
- Handout 3: Lecture Slides, set #1: Introduction to COMPSCI 725; my commentary on Lampson's article.
- Week 2 (23 July - 27 July): Introduction to Cryptography and
Steganography.
- Due 5pm Monday: see Handout 2 for details.
- Due before lecture on Tuesday: Read Mark Stamp, Information Security: Principles and Practice, Wiley, 2011, pp. 43-53, 64-66, 76, 81, 96-97, 113-115, 131-138, 160-161 (in the online edition); pp. 19-29, 40-42, 52, 57, 72-73, 89-91, 107-114, 136-137 (in the hardcopy edition). Note: under the terms of our library's license for this e-book, you can print up to 40 pages either to hardcopy or to PDF.
- Attendance in lecture on Wednesday is very important!. See Handout 2 for details.
- Handout 4: Oral Presentation Schedule, version 2.70 of 31 October.
- Handout 5: Lecture Slides, set #2: Basic Cryptography and Software Steganography.
- Week 3 (30 July - 3 August): Introduction to Android Security; Constructing an Oral Presentation.
- Handout 6: Lecture Slides, set #3: Constructing your Oral Presentation, and Starting your Term Paper.
- Due before lecture on Tuesday: Read Enck et al., "Understanding Android Security", IEEE Security & Privacy 7(1) 50-57, 2009.
- Handout 7: Lecture Slides, set #4: Android Security.
- Week 4 (6 August - 10 August): Cloud Security and Access Control
- Handout 8: Lecture Slides, set #5: Cloud Security.
- Handout 9: Lecture Slides, set #6: Access Control Models.
- Students who would like feedback from an instructor, on their proposed topic and list of references for their term paper, should send an email this week. We will endeavour to respond within 7 days to all such emails, if they are sent before the end of Week 7.
- Week 5 (13 August - 17 August): Report writing; steganography;
soft security.
- Tutorials begin. Students presenting in Week 6 should attend a tutorial session.
- Handout 10: Report Writing.
- Week 6 (20 August - 24 August): Oral Presentations begin.
- Students presenting in Week 7 should attend a tutorial session this week.
- Monday: lecture cancelled.
- Tuesday: Oral presentations 4, 2.
- Wednesday: Oral presentations 1, 5.
- Mid-semester break (27 August - 8 September)
- Week 7 (10 September - 14 September).
- Monday: Oral presentations 7, 8, 9.
- Tuesday: Oral presentations 10, 11, 12.
- Wednesday: Oral presentation 6, 13. Lecture: structuring your term paper.
- Handout 11: "Soft" Security.
- Week 8 (17 September - 21 September).
- Monday: Oral presentations 14, 15, 16.
- Tuesday: Oral presentations 17, 19. Lecture: writing your term paper.
- Wednesday: Oral presentation 20. Lecture: writing your term paper(cont.)
- Week 9 (24 September - 28 September).
- Monday: Oral presentations 21, 22, 23.
- Tuesday: Oral presentations 24, 25, 26.
- Wednesday: Oral presentation 27. Lecture: completing your term paper.
- Handout 12: Completing your Term Paper.
- Week 10 (1 October - 5 October).
- Monday: Oral presentations 28, 29, 30.
- Tuesday: Oral presentations 31, 32, 33.
- Wednesday: Oral presentation 34. Lecture: "Soft" security.
- Week 11 (8 October - 12 October). "Soft" security (cont.).
- Due 5pm Friday: term paper, in .pdf or .doc format, in Cecil dropbox.
- Monday: "Soft" security (cont.)
- Tuesday: Practice (ungraded, anonymous) final exam; "soft" security (cont.).
- Wednesday: Lecture room change. We will meet in Arts 206-209 for a guest lecture by Ofer Reshef of Fonterra, on Developing and Executing a Security Strategy.
- Week 12 (15 October - 19 October).
- Monday, Tuesday: content to be determined.
- Wednesday: Discussion of sample answers to practice final exam.
- Handout 13: Sample answers to the practice exam.
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