COMP 7370 Advanced Computer and Network Security

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COMP 7370 Advanced Computer and Network Security
Dr. Xiao Qin Auburn Universityhttp//www.eng.aubu
rn.edu/xqin xqin_at_auburn.edu
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Introduce Yourselves

• Name
• M.S. or Ph.D. student
• Your research interests
• Your ongoing research projects
• Industry or academia jobs
• Why are you taking COMP7970?

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Todays Goal

• Course Objectives
• Course Content Grading
• Answer your questions about COMP 7970

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COMP 7370 Semester Calendar
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What will you get out of Comp 7370?

• Students who have completed this course should be
  capable of doing the following
• Understand fundamental issues in computer and
  network security
• Understand reasons for policies, settings, and
  configurations in the practicum.
• Improve technical writing and oral presentation
  skills.

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Will it be worthwhile?
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Will it be worthwhile?
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Will it be worthwhile?
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Will it be worthwhile?
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Topic Coverage

• There are no texts for this course. Handouts,
  book chapters, and papers will be used as
  supplement course material. The course material
  will be posted online.
• Covers (These topics may change)
• cryptography,
• design principles,
• access control,
• security policies,
• key management,
• assurance,
• malicious logic,
• vulnerability analysis,
• network security.

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Attendance

• Class attendance is mandatory. This is a graduate
  class therefore, students will have to actively
  participate in class. It is believed that if you
  miss many classes (more than 6), there is a
  strong likelihood that you will not pass the
  class. Please notify me in advance if you will
  attend conferences, research meetings, or the
  like. 

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Course Syllabus

• Prerequisite OS
• no exams
• Grading
• Mid-term Exam   20
• Final Exam          20
• Homework Assignments 15
• Presentation          15
• Project Assignments 30

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Course Syllabus (cont.)

• Scale
• Letter grades will be awarded based on the
  following scale. This scale may be adjusted
  upwards if it is necessary based on the final
  grades.
•   A 90100, B 8090, C 7080, D 6070, F
  060

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Office Hours and Exams
Office hours Monday 950-1150AM
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Am I going to read papers to you?

• NO!
• Papers provide a framework and complete
  background, so lectures can be more interactive.
• You do the reading
• Well discuss it
• Projects will go beyond

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Am I going to read papers to you? (cont.)

• NO!
• Choose the recommended topics.
• Provide some background on these topics.
• Suggest some sample research questions.
• Provide platform assistance.
• Guide your efforts.

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Publish, publish and publish ...

• COMP7970 Storage Systems
• 14 graduate students
• 10 research projects 10 technical papers
• 4 technical papers were submitted to Intl
  conferences
• 4 technical papers have potential to be submitted
• 2 great team projects

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Recommended Topics

• Energy-aware security services
• Storage system security
• Detection of DoS attacks
• Authentication
• Cryptography
• Location Privacy
• Vulnerability analysis for networked systems
• Covert Channels Detection

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Research Problem Statement

• Topic.
• I am studying secure services for storage systems
• Research question or original objective.
• so I can create energy-aware security services
  for storage systems.
• Who cares?
• so the storage system community
• Why should they care?
• will better understand how to provide more
  flexible, secure and integrated services for
  storage systems.

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Four Panel Slide Example 1

• Project Name
• Project Name
• Auburn University
• Logo

• Approach
• Energy overhead of security services
• Make tradeoffs between security and energy
  efficiency.
• Adaptive control of security services in storage
  systems.

• Problem Statement
• Measure energy consumption of confidentiality
  services
• Challenged by making tradeoff between energy
  conservation and security.

• Plans and Progress
• Energy overhead model
• Prototype.
• Adaptive controller.

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Questions
Please ask at any time!