Introduction to CyberSecurity

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Introduction to CyberSecurity

• Susan Hinrichs
• Spring 2005

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Administrivia

• Meet Wed/Fridays 930-1045am 1131 SC
• Security lab in 222 SC
• Office hours Mondays 9-11am
• shinrich_at_cs.uiuc.edu
• Office 4224 SC
• Newsgroup cs.class.cs498sh
• Web site http//www-courses/cs498sh

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Class Structure

• Accompanies Information Assurance (cs498ia)
• Divided into four parts
• Endpoint security
• Network security
• Intrusion analysis and control
• Security architecture

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Topics Not Addressing

• Cryptography will be used in the other sections
  but not studied directly.

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Reading Materials

• Required book from Information Assurance
• Security in Computing, Pfleeger and Pfleeger
• Supplemented with many papers and manuals
• Other good security books
• Computer Security Art and Science, Bishop
• Secure Coding Principles and Practice, Graff and
  van Wyk

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Course Evaluation

• Lab exercises 50
• Papers at the end of first three sections 25
• Final project 25
• Folks taking for graduate credit will have extra
  requirements for Lab exercises and papers

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Questions for the class

• Did you take Information Assurance last semester?
• Are you familiar with Windows and/or Linux?
• Are you comfortable with C, C, and/or Java?
• Are you familiar with IP networking?
• What do you hope to get out of this class?