Administrative Information

Departmental Syllabus

Course Outcomes

Assignments

Assignment 1

Assignment 2 (pdf)

Assignment 2 (doc)

Assignment 3

Assignment 4

Term List for Assignment 4

Assignment 5

Assignment 6

Projects

Project Assignment

Project Presentation Schedule

Project Grading Rubric (Written paper)

Software

Exam Study Guides

Fall 2007   Midterm#1             Midterm#2

Fall 2005   Midterm#1             Midterm#2             Final

Previous Exams

Fall 2004   Midterm#1             Midterm#2             Final

Lecture Notes

Introduction

Basic Concepts

Cryptography

Program Security

Malicious Code

Access Control  

Authentication

Trusted System Evaluation

Database Security

Network Security

Intrusion Detection Systems

Security Administration

Legal and Ethical Issues

Examples of Course Projects

Useful Links -- General Security Sites

ACM  SIGSAC (Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control)

CERT

ISSA (Information Systems Security Association

NIST CSRC (National Institute for Standards and Technology Computer Security Resource Center)

SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute

Security Focus

Useful Links -- Vendor Security Sites

McAfee

Microsoft

Symantec

Trend Micro

Useful Links -- Advocacy Groups

EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Useful Links -- Writing and Presentation

Columbia Guide to Online Style

Information Systems Laboratory

Style Manuals and Citation Guides (Thomas Cooper Library)

APA Format -- Purdue University Writing Lab

Writing Scientific Manuscripts -- A Guide for Undergraduates

Useful Links -- Cryptography

Wikipedia: Pig Latin

Mt. Holyoke Letter Frequency Counter

Frode Weierud's CryptoCellar