1 Cybersecurity: An Overview
2 Assignments (Spring 2021)
3 Working Schedule and Lectures (Spring 2021)
This schedule will be updated as the course progresses. Case studies are from the Darknet Diaries podcast they do not necessarily correspond to the topic on any given week.
| Date | Week # | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 01/18 | 1 | No Monday class, Course Introduction, personalGit, GitClass, Markdown, Intro, Overview, Case study EP 79: Dark Basin |
| 01/25 | 2 | Chapter 1 Intro to Computer Security, CyBOK, book Chapter 1 notes, Risk, Threats, CIA, Case study EP 76: Knaves Out |
| 02/01 | 3 | Chapter 2 Networks and the Internet, Networking for Security, Physical Layers and more networking concepts, Optical Networking |
| 02/08 | 4 | Chapter 3. Cyber Stalking, Fraud, and Abuse, book Chapter 3 notes, DoS Notes, |
| 02/15 | 5 | Chapter 4. DoS Attacks, DNS Info, Cryptography Basics, Case study Episode 53: Shadow Brokers |
| 02/22 | 6 | Chapter 8. Encryption (symmetric), AES, Case study Episode 54: NotPetya, PublicKey |
| 03/01 | 7 | Chapter 8. Encryption (public key), Hashes and Integrity, Case study Episode 72: Bangladeshi Bank heist, |
| 03/08 | 8 | Chapter 5. Malware, Midterm |
| 03/15 | 9 | Chapter 6. Techniques used by Hackers, Case study Episode 73: WannaCry |
| 03/22 | 10 | Chapter 11. Network Scanning and Vulnerability Scanning, Case study EP 81: The Vendor |
| 03/29 | 11 | Spring Break |
| 04/05 | 12 | Chapter 7. Industrial Espionage in Cyberspace, Case study Ep 68: Triton |
| 04/12 | 13 | Chapter 12. Cyber Terrorism and Information Warfare, Case study Ep 80: The Whistle blower |
| 04/19 | 14 | Chapter 9. Computer Security Technology |
| 04/26 | 15 | Chapter 10. Security Policies |
| 05/03 | 16 | Chapter 13. Cyber Detective |
| 05/10 | 17 | Chapter 14. Introduction to Forensics |