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Information security and privacy
COM-402
Lecturer(s) :
González Troncoso CarmelaHubaux Jean-Pierre
Oechslin Philippe
Language:
English
Summary
This course will provide a broad overview of information security and privacy topics, with the primary goal of giving students the knowledge and tools they will need "in the field" in order to deal with the security/privacy challenges they are likely to encounter in today's "Big Data" world.Content
' Data protection concepts: access control, encryption, compartmentalization
' Intrusion/hacking techniques, intrusion detection, advanced persistent threats
' Practices for management of personally identifying information
' Operational security practices and failures
' Data anonymization and de-anonymization techniques
' Information flow control
' Differential privacy
' Cryptographic tools for data security and privacy
' Policy, ethics, and legal considerations
Keywords
security, privacy, protection, intrusion, anonymization, cryptography
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
Basic programming course or comparable demonstration of basic programming skills
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:- Understand the most important classes of information security/privacy risks in today's âBig Dataâ environment
- Exercise a basic, critical set of âbest practicesâ for handling sensitive information
- Exercise competent operational security practices in their home and professional lives
- Understand at overview level the key technical tools available for security/privacy protection
Expected student activities
Attending lectures, solving assigned problems and "hands-on" exercises, reading and demonstrating understanding of provided materials.
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment via homework exercises, and final written exam.
In the programs
- Computer and Communication Sciences (edoc), 2018-2019
- SemesterSpring
- Exam formWritten
- Credits
6 - Subject examined
Information security and privacy - Lecture
4 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks - Project
2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
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- Lecture in German