CSCE 727:  Information Warfare

Spring 2007

Instructor: Csilla Farkas

Class time: T, Th 12:30-1:45 pm

Classroom: SWRG 2A07

 

 

Prerequisite(s) or corequisite(s): CSCE 522

 

Course objectives:

The objective of the course is to provide the students with an understanding of information warfare principles and technologies.  This course is intended to be appropriate for a broad range of professionals interested in information security.  The main units of the proposed course are: 1) basic information warfare concepts, 2) offensive information warfare, and 3) defensive information warfare.  Vulnerability and risk analysis methods and current information warfare technologies are presented.  In addition to cyber security, physical security, ethics, and legal considerations are also addressed during the course.

 

Basic Bibliography

Required:

  • D. Denning: Information Warfare and Security (Addison Wesley, 1998, ISBN: 0201433036)
  • Lecture handouts

 

Recommended:

·         Silent Warfare Understanding the World of Intelligence

      By Abraham N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt, Brassey’s, Inc. Third Edition, ISBN: 1-57488-345-3

·         Strategic Warfare in Cyberspace
by Gregory J. Rattray,  MIT Press; 2001 , ISBN: 0262182092

 

 

Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 11:00 am -12:30 pm or by appointment

 

 

Syllabus

 

Lecture materials

 

Homework

·         Homework 1, Due Febr. 1, 2007

·         Homework 2, Due March 6, 2007

·         Homework 3, Due April 26, 20007

 

 

 

Tests

·         TEST 1: March 20, 2007 – in class, open book

sample test 1, sample test 2

 

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