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CSCI 499 - Security Systems - Spring
2013
Friday 2-4:50 pm GFS 108
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Announcements
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People/Contact
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- Instructor:
Prof Jelena Mirkovic (Contact: sunshine@isi.edu)
Office
hours: F 1-2 pm and by appointment in SAL 214/216
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Course Description
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Computers and networking are crucial to many aspects of our daily
lives: entertainment,
business, personal communication, healthcare, transportation,
utilities, etc. Security of such
systems is thus of paramount importance for protecting our assets or
even our lives. This
course will give students an overview of systems security, its
workings, and its role in protecting
data and computing resources. At the end of the course, students
should be able to:
- Describe and assess a broad range of security problems and solutions
- Understand the fundamental mathematics and engineering
underlying security systems
- Judge the suitability of security systems for various
applications
- Know how to develop new security systems and features
In addition to lectures students will be engaged through a number of
hands-on homeworks and capture-the-flag (CTF) exercises, where
they will apply the knowledge from the class in realistic security
scenarios, attacking or defending real servers on the DeterLab testbed
for security experimentation.
Prerequisites: CSCI 402 or CSCI 450 or equivalent (e.g. EE
classes on the same topics), or permission of the
instructor. This class is appropriate for undergraduate students with
previous classwork in networking and/or operating systems. Students
from non-systems/networking areas are welcome. Please contact the
instructor if you wish to enroll and don't have the prerequisites.
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Textbook
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There is no required textbook. I will make the
readings for the class available online a few days before each
lecture. If you want supplemental reading you can purchase
- Matt Bishop
"Introduction to Computer Security"
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Syllabus / Topics
Covered
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Exams
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There will be a midterm and a final exam in this course. Both
exams are closed-book. Final exam will cover only topics after the
midterm exam.
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Grading
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Grades will be calculated based on the following formula:
| Class tasks | Percentage of the final
grade |
| CTF Exercises (2) | 20% |
| Homeworks (6-8) | 20% |
| Participation | 5% |
| Quizzes (6-8) | 5% |
| Midterm exam | 20% |
| Final exam | 30% |
CTF exercises will be done in clsss, on DeterLab, and will require a
week of preparation. Homeworks will require 1-2 h of preparation and 1
h to complete and will be done on DeterLab. Quizzes will be administered as closed-book and online, and students will be allowed
to retake them as many times as they desire. Midterm and final exam
are closed-book. Midterm is taken in class and the final is scheduled
by the University here
for Monday May 13, 2-4 pm.
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Students with Disabilities
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Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability
is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP)
each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations
can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me
as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in STU 301 and is
open 8:30 a.m - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number for
DSP is (213) 740-0776.
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Academic Integrity
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USC seeks to maintain an optimal learning environment. General
principles of academic honesty include the concept of respect for the
intellectual property of others, the expectation that individual work
will be submitted unless otherwise allowed by an instructor, and the
obligations both to protect one's own academic work from misuse by
others as well as to avoid using another's work as one's
own. All students are expected to understand and abide by these
principles. Scampus, the Student Guidebook, contains the Student
Conduct Code in Section 11.00, while the recommended sanctions are
located in Appendix A:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/SCAMPUS/gov/
Students will be referred to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs
and Community Standards for further review, should there be any
suspicion of academic dishonesty. The Review process can be found at:
http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/SJACS/
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Emergency Preparedness/Course
Continuity in a Crisis
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In case of a declared emergency if travel to campus is not
feasible, USC executive leadership will announce an electronic way for
instructors to teach students in their residence halls or homes using
a combination of Blackboard, teleconferencing, and other technologies.
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