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COURSE INFORMATION

CSEC101 Fundamentals of Computing Security

Syllabus for Fall Semester, 2014

Instructor

Professor Yannis Papaefstathiou

ixpcada@rit.edu

Required Reading

These books are required and have graded work associated.

Clifford Stole, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer
Espionage

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental issues, concepts and tools common to all areas
of computing security. Topics include identifying attackers and their motivations. Essential techniques will
be introduced covering the areas of anti- virus, monitoring, virtual machines, account control, and access
rights management. Various security models will be investigated. Concept areas such as confidentiality,
Integrity, availability and privacy will be studied. (Pre-requisites: None)

Course Objectives: General

To establish a foundation in basic cyber security

Specific objectives (learning outcomes)

Identify the risks associated with computer use.

Describe the potential computer violations that may occur and the attackers.

Describe the methods used in doing reconnaissance against a computer system or


network.

Explain the financial impact and risks associated with cyber crime. Assessed in an
exam.

Describe how to prepare and defend against cyber crimes and information theft.

Explain the appropriate response should a cyber crime occur.


Examine the effects of poor security on an organization or individual.

Examine the various roles of a consumer, user, employee, employer, service provider
(ISP) and the government in providing a secure computing/networking environment

. Course Organization

Possible Course Topics

Ethics

Assets

Vulnerabilities

Privacy

Threats

Reconnaissance

Risk

Defense

Response

Data Sanitization Written Exams exams 2 (Including a Final Exam)

B: 80% 89% points.


C: 70% 79% points.
1. Homework 10%
2. Quizzes 20%
D: 60% - 69% points.
3. Midterm Exam 1 20% F: 0% - 59% points
4. Midterm Exam 2 20%
5. Final Exam 30%

Grading:

Evaluation:
The guaranteed scale below is based on the
total percentage of points.
A: 90% - 100% points.

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