Principles of Computer Security
General information
The Principles of Computer Security course is a Master-level course. This means that it is intended for the students enrolled in the Master of Network and System Administration. In the fall of 2008, there is a separate course named Datasikkerhet intended for the Bachelor students.
If you are a student in the "Dataingeniør" or "Informatikk", you do have an option of following this course instead of the Datasikkerhet course. If you choose to do so, be aware that the course is taught in english, and there might be a higher skill requirement.
Time and place
The first class is taught on Wednesday, August 22nd at 08:30 am, and will take place in P35-PI257. The main lectures will be on Wednesdays at the same time.
There will also be activity on Tuesdays. It will be at 08:30 in room PS340. There will be some lectures, and some student activity.
Notes and other information
You will find the lecture notes for the course here.
Presentations Schedule
I have now set up a presentation schedule, that you will find here. You will also find this list in Fronter.Guest Lecture
We had a guest lecture by Eivind Eriksen on Wednesday, November 7th. He talked about Encryption, and public-private key encryption in particular. You will find hils lecture at http://home.hio.no/~eeriksen/crypto.pdf
Literature
Required reading
One of these books is required. They have different strengths and weaknesses, but I will be using the Gollmann book as the main book for the course.
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Computer Security 2e , Dieter Gollmann.
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Introduction to Computer Security , Matt Bisho
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Computer Security: Art and Science , Matt Bishop
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Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards , William Stallings
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Recommended books
None of these books are required, but they are very intersting books, and very easy to read.
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Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World , Bruce Schneier
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The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking , Simon Singh
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The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers , Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
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