CSCE 824 – Secure Database Systems

Course Syllabus

Spring 2019

 

Professor:            Csilla Farkas

Office:                   Innovation Center Bldg. 2253

E-mail:                  farkas@cec.sc.edu

Class URL:           http://www.cse.sc.edu/~farkas/csce824/csce824.htm

Class hours:         Tuesday, Wednesday 1:15 – 2:30 pm

Class location:    Innovation Center Bldg. 1400, and online

Office hours:       Tuesday, Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00 pm, or by appointment

Prerequisites:      CSCE 520 and CSCE 522 or permission of instructor

 

Course description:

Most database systems contain sensitive information that need to be protected from unauthorized disclosure and modification while providing availability to the legitimate users.  The objective of this course is to introduce the security challenges and threats in database systems and provide an understanding of the state-of-the art security technologies. In addition to the security issues, the course addresses issues related to distributed databases and current technologies, such as service oriented architecture, cloud computing, etc. 

 

There is NO textbook requirements!  All course reading will be accessible freely online.

 

Recommended reading:

·         T. Ozsu and P. Valduriez, Principles of Distributed Database Systems, Springer; 3rd Edition. edition (March 2, 2011), ISBN-10: 1441988335

·         Proceedings of Secure Data Management Workshop

·         Proceedings of IFIP WG 11.3

·         Proceedings of International Conference of Very Large Databases (VLDB

·         IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)

·         ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC)

 

Assignments:

 

 

Syllabus

                                                                                                                                                                              

Lecture notes

 

Assignments

1.       Homework 1        Due: February 7, 2019 11:55 pm

2.       Homework 2        Due: February 19, 2019 11:55 pm

3.       Homework 3        Due: March 19, 2019 11:55 pm

4.       Homework 4        Due: April 4, 2019 11:55 pm

5.       Homework 5        Due: April 18, 2019 11:55 pm

6.       Homework 6        Due: April 25, 2019 11:55 pm

 

 

 

Project information

1.       Project1:                Due: February 28, 2019 11:55 pm

2.       Project2:                Due: April 2, 2019 11:55 pm

3.       Project3:                Due: April 28, 2019 11:55 pm