| Date | Topic
and Slides |
Homework | Class Activities | |
| Required Reading | Assignment Due | |||
| 7-Jan-03 | Course Introduction and Admin | Bring text to class | ||
| Tuesday | ||||
| 9-Jan-03 | Topic and Subject Introduction | Investigate the "size of the problem/threat" - FBI/CSI Study (http://www.gocsi.com/press/20020407.html) & an outside article | 1. Biography/resume | |
| Thursday | 2. Article summary | |||
| 14-Jan-03 | What is Information ______? | As discovered by student | Paper on definitions and sources | |
| Tuesday | ||||
| 16-Jan-03 | Strategic View of "InfoSec Space" | Read text preface and all chapter introductions | 1. Article critique on any current InfoSec technical topic | |
| Thursday | Info Security Model | Study Chapter 1 (pg. 1-20) | 2. Receive COE/IAE or University assignment and summary format | |
| Computer
Security Overview slides: Is There a
Security Problem in Computing? |
Annex to NSTISSI 4011 (20 Jun 1994) | |||
| 21-Jan-03 | Academic
Sector of “InfoSec Space” slides: Academic
Security |
Background on NIETP | Two page summary of respective university | |
| Tuesday | Review NSTSSI 4011 |
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| Other as required to investigate assigned university | ||||
| 23-Jan-03 | Library Orientation | https://www.library.gatech.edu/subjectguides_frame.htm | Define company info to be gathered about private sector companies and summary format | |
| Thursday | ||||
| 28-Jan-03 | Private Sector of “InfoSec Space” | As
required to investigate assigned company |
Two page
summary on assigned InfoSec companies assignment details and requirements |
Guest
Speaker: Roger Dixon |
| Tuesday | ||||
| 30-Jan-03 | Government Sector of “InfoSec Space” | As required to investigate assigned department or agency found on course website | Two
page summary on assigned InfoSec agency/department assignment
details and requirements |
Guest Speaker:
Pat Gray |
| Thursday | ||||
| 4-Feb-03 | Critical
Infrastructure Protection (CIP) CIP slides |
Background on CIP (course website) | Article
critique on CIP-related topic assignment
details and requirements |
Designate areas of interest for term project |
| Tuesday | ||||
| 6-Feb-03 | Basic encryption and decryption | Study Chapter 2 | Bring
encrypted message to class (algorithm and key) assignment
details and requirements |
Select group members |
| Thursday | (pp. 21-35, 40-52, 55-59, 64-65) | |||
| 11-Feb-03 | Secure
Encryption Systems Slides |
Study Chapter 3 | Assign protocols to groups | |
| Tuesday | (pp. 69-77, 82-84, 91-92, 96-103, 112-118, 122-123) | |||
| 13-Feb-03 | Using Encryption: Protocols and Practices | Study Chapter 4 (pp. 126-169) | Groups
report on protocols Group
and protocol assignments |
Guest Speaker: TBD |
| Thursday | ||||
| 18-Feb-03 | Program Security: Controls | Study Chapter 5 (pp. 207-227) | Project
proposal due |
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| Tuesday | ||||
| 20-Feb-03 | Network Security | Study Chapter 9 (pp. 377-405) | Anti-virus
exercise |
Guest Speaker: TBD |
| Thursday | assignment
details and requirements |
Receive Network Exercises #1 and #2 | ||
| 25-Feb-03 | Network Security | Study 9 (pp. 422-446) | Network
Exercise #1 assignment
details and requirements |
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| Tuesday | ||||
| 27-Feb-03 | Network Security | Network
Exercise #2 assignment
details and requirements |
Guest Speaker: TBD | |
| Thursday | ||||
| 03-07Mar-03 | Spring Break | |||
| 11-Mar-03 | Operating System Security | Study
Chapter 6 (pp. 228-266) |
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| Tuesday | Study Chapter 7 (pp. 287-288, 306-308) | |||
| 13-Mar-03 | Administering Security/Business and Risk | Study Chapter 10 (pp. 447-490) | Receive current Georgia Tech security policy | |
| Thursday | Computer Related Risks (Chapter 3) | |||
| 18-Mar-03 | Administering Security/Business and Risk (Panel-OIT/Audit) | Policy Assessment assignment |
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| Tuesday | Panel from
OIT |
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| 20-Mar-03 | Legal and
Ethical Issues |
Study Chapter 11 (pp. 492-536) | Article
critique on Legal/Ethical issues topic assignment
details and requirements |
Giovanni
Iachello |
| Thursday | ||||
| 25-Mar-03 | Database
Security |
Study Chapter 8 | Written portion of term project | |
| Tuesday | (pp. 336-376) | |||
| 27-Mar-03 | Security
Standards and Evaluations |
Review Common Criteria
(part 1 and overview of part 2) |
Giovanni Iachello | |
| Thursday | ||||
| 1-Apr-03 | Project Presentations | |||
| Tuesday | ||||
| 3-Apr-03 | Project Presentations | |||
| Thursday | ||||
| 8-Apr-03 | Project Presentations | |||
| Tuesday | ||||
| 10-Apr-03 | Project Presentations | |||
| Thursday | ||||
| 15-Apr-03 | Project Presentations | |||
| Tuesday | ||||
| 17-Apr-03 | ||||
| Thursday | ||||
| 22-Apr-03 | ||||
| Tuesday | ||||
| 24-Apr-03 | Review and Summary | Review all previous lesson material | 1. Come with points and issues to clarify with the class | Last class |
| Thursday | 2. Feedback from Policy Assessment | |||