ISA 562 Information Security Theory and Practice

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ISA 562Information Security Theory and Practice

• Fall 2008
• Instructor Duminda Wijesekera
• TA Min Xu

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Logistics

• Class time Monday 7.20-10.00
• Classroom ST II Room 9
• Instructor Office Hrs (In ST-II 351)
• M 5.00-6.00 pm
• TA Office Hrs
• Min Xu M 4.00-6.00 pm

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Work Ethics

• All university regulations will be strictly
  applied.
• Honor code violations will be reported
• Please report any cheating to me
• Will receive a F grade

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Course Outline

• An introductory course at the graduate level
• This course covers the topics of
• The CISSP exam with varying depth on topics
• But NOT a CISSP course
• Textbooks
• Matt Bishop Computer Security Art and Science
• Official ISC2 Guide to the CISSP CBK

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Nature of the Course

• Use Bishops book for the first part
• Use papers for 1-2 classes
• Use IC2 book for the second part
• Cover material relevant to the PhD qualifying
  examination in security

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Grading

• We will have TWO midterm exam covering the
  chapters from Bishops book and ONE final exam
  covering the CISSP book.
• Make-ups allowed ONLY with prior approval
• We will have 4 home-work assignments.
• Weights Each exam 20
• Homework 40 total
• The web-page will be updated during this class
  and the next.