Information Security and Privacy

			Information Security and Privacy School of Computer Science (08-761/46-861 - 6 units) Instructor: Norman M. Sadeh
			Course Objective
			The objective of this course is to introduce students to Web Security and Privacy technologies as well as to related business, legal, policy and usability issues. top
			Content
	Objective Content Prerequisites Format Meeting Times Grading Textbooks Course Webpage		Topics covered include: Internet Security: the big picture A gentle introduction to cryptography Digital signatures Key management Authentication Internet Security protocols (incl. IPsec, VPNs, SSL/TLS, PGP, etc.) Certificates & PKI Decentralized Trust Management Electronic Payments Information Privacy & Web Privacy (incl. legal and regulatory landscape in the US and abroad) Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs), including P3P Click here for a draft syllabus. top
			Prerequisites
			15-211 or permission of the instructor top
			Format
			Lectures (including guest lectures), discussions, and student presentations. top
			Meeting Times
			Tu-Th, 10:30-11:50am (Fall semester - Mini 1) top
			Grading
			Homework: 35%, Midterm: 25%, Final: 25%, Class Presentation: 15% Class participation is taken into account in assigning final letter grades top
			Textbooks
			Required: • “E-commerce: Business, Technology, Society”, 3rd edition, Kenneth C. Laudon and Carol Guercio Traver, Addison Wesley, 2007 • “Web Security, Privacy and Commerce”, 2nd edition, Simson Garfinkel, O’Reilly, 2002. Additional required and optional reading material is listed at the end of each lecture top
			Course Webpage
			The course website has been moved to the university blackboard system top