Security Design

CSIS 3756

Fall Semester 2007

 

Course Syllabus and Objectives

 

Instructor:

Dr. Robert Kramer

Office:

326 Meshel Hall

Phone:

(330) 941-1495

E-mail:

kramer@cis.ysu.edu

WWW:

http://www.cis.ysu.edu/~kramer

Office Hours:

Tuesday         11am – 12:30pm

Wednesday   3pm – 5pm

Thursday        11am – 12:30pm

Also by appointment

 

Prerequisites

CSCI 5806, OR

CSIS 3755 and either CSIS 2625 or CIS 3718

 

Textbook

 

Objectives

 

Grading

Your grade is determined from the following sources:

Work

Percentage of grade

Individual projects / written homework

40% total

Group project

20% total

Midterms

20% total

Final exam

20%

 

Grades are normally assigned using traditional 90% - 80% - 70% - 60% cutoffs. I reserve the right to lower these thresholds, but not to raise them.


 

Policies

Attendance

Attendance is required; with few exceptions, those who do best in courses are those who attend regularly. You will be allowed three unexcused absences; additional missed classes will result in a 5% deduction from your overall grade. Late arrivals and early departures (10 minutes or more) count as an absence.

 

Late Homework

Assignments are due by the end of the day (11:59pm) on the due date. For each calendar day late, 10% of the assignment’s possible score will be deducted.

 

Academic Honesty

You are expected to do your own work in this course! You are free to give general help to others in the course, but you may not collaborate on assignments, unless specifically permitted in the assignment. Turning in (substantially) identical work will result in a zero grade for that assignment. Subsequent collaboration will result in failure of the course.

 

Students With Disabilities

In accordance with University procedures, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact me privately to discuss your specific needs. You must be registered with CSP Disability Services, which is located at Wick House, and provide a letter of accommodation to verify your eligibility. You can reach CSP Disability Services at 330-941-1732.

 

General Stuff


 

Topic List

 

Topic

Lecture Topics

1

Introduction

 

2

Keeping computers and networks secure

 

3

Viruses, worms and other malware

 

4

Authentication and encryption

 

5

Account-based security

 

6

Filesystems, directories and shared resources

 

7

Firewalls and borders

 

8

Web, remote access and VPNs

 

9

E-mail and other system services

 

10

Disaster recovery

 

11

Monitoring and auditing

 

 

Important Dates

8am – 10am