2018 | Advanced Information Security

2018　Advanced Information Security

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Academic unit or major: Graduate major in Computer Science

Instructor(s): Watanabe Yuji Munetou Seiji

Class Format: Lecture

Media-enhanced courses

Day/Period(Room No.): Tue1-2(W834) Fri1-2(W834)

Group: -

Course number: CSC.T525

Credits: 2

Academic year: 2018

Offered quarter: 3Q

Syllabus updated: 2018/3/20

Lecture notes updated: -

Language used: Japanese

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Syllabus

Course description and aims

Currently, information technology occupies an important position in the social infrastructure and information security supports its safety and security. The information security includes various aspects. Extensive knowledge of information security is required to ensure the security. In this lecture, we teach the broad and balanced knowledge on the information security without sticking to a specific research field.

Student learning outcomes

Students acquire the extensive knowledge of the information security, specifically, network security, software security, cryptography, authentication protocols, and protection of intellectual property, from the various viewpoints of the advanced information security.

Keywords

information security, network security, intrusion detection, public key infrastructure, applied cryptography, electronic commerce, copyright protection

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills

✔ Intercultural skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking skills

✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

We give lectures.

Course schedule/Required learning

	Course schedule	Required learning
Class 1	Overview of information security	Understand the overview of the information security
Class 2	Public key infrastructure	Understand the position and the usage of the public key infrastructure in the information society
Class 3	Security protocol	Understand the role of the security protocol to ensure the safe communication on the internet
Class 4	cloud and privacy	Understand the issues and the traditional techniques on the security and the privacy
Class 5	Security Evaluation and Vulnerability Analysis	Understand the global standard of the security evaluation and the vulnerability analysis
Class 6	Secure Software Development	Understand the security requirement acquisition and quality assurance of the information security
Class 7	Security Mechanism in Virtual Machines and OS	Understand the various mechanisms provided by OS and Hypervisors
Class 8	Trusted Computing	Understand the foundation of the trusted computing from the viewpoint of secure computing environments
Class 9	Web Security	Understand the vulnerabilities and their mechanism in Web computing
Class 10	Malware	Understand the mechanisms and the today's situation of malware such as a computer virus
Class 11	Security Management	Understand the knowledge and state-of-arts of security management in the real organization
Class 12	Human Aspect of Security	Understand human's mind in the information security

Textbook(s)

We will give handouts to students as necessary　

Reference books, course materials, etc.

　1 Network Security Private Communication in a PUBLIC World, Charlie Kaufman, Rdia Perlman, Mike Speciner Prentice Hall
2. Practical Unix & Internet Security Simon Garfinkel, Gene Spafford O'Reilly & Associates

Assessment criteria and methods

Evaluated by reports

Related courses

CSC.T371 ： System Software
CSC.T345 ： Computer Networks

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Fundamental knowledge of operating systems and computer networks.

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