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Computer security

COM-301

Lecturer(s) :

González Troncoso Carmela

Language:

English

Summary

This is an introductory course to computer security and privacy. its goal is to provide students with means to reason about security and privacy problems, and provide them with tools to confront them.

Content

Security principles
Access control
Authentication mechanisms : biometrics, tokens, passwords
Applied cryptography : basic notions and algorithms
Privacy in a digitalized world

Learning Prerequisites

Recommended courses

CS-233 Introduction to Machine Learning (for programming)
COM-208 Computer Networks

Important concepts to start the course

Basic notions TCP/IP, basic notions programming

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

Recognize security properties of systems, as well as formulate security policies, and model the threats they may face.

Teaching methods

Lectures with real world examples, and complementary exercises to reinforce basic concepts.

Practical homeworks to better understand adversarial behavior

Expected student activities

Attending lectures, solving exercises, reading and demonstrating understanding of provided materials.

Supervision

Office hours	Yes
Assistants	Yes
Forum	Yes

Resources

Bibliography

Computer security by Dieter Gollmann

Security Engineering by Ross Anderson

Computer Security: Principles and Practice by Stallings and Brown

Ressources en bibliothèque

Prerequisite for

COM-402 Information security and privacy
CS-523 Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies

In the programs

Communication Systems, 2019-2020, Bachelor semester 5
- Semester
  Fall
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Computer security
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Practical work
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Computer Science, 2019-2020, Bachelor semester 5
- Semester
  Fall
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Computer security
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Practical work
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Communication systems minor, 2019-2020, Autumn semester
- Semester
  Fall
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Computer security
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Practical work
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Computer science minor, 2019-2020, Autumn semester
- Semester
  Fall
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Computer security
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Practical work
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Cyber security minor, 2019-2020, Autumn semester
- Semester
  Fall
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Computer security
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Practical work
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
UNIL - Sciences forensiques, 2019-2020, Autumn semester
- Semester
  Fall
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Computer security
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Practical work
  1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks

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