Course Schedule Spring 2024

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Unit	Tuesday Lecture	Thursday Lecture	Wednesday Discussion
Intro	Jan. 16 Introductions and Course Overview Security Mindset	Jan. 18 Ethics and Law	x86 Assembly Review
Software Security	Jan. 23 Buffer Overflow	Jan. 25 Control Flow Hijacking	AppSec MP: CP 1
Software Security	Jan. 30 Control Flow Hijacking (continued) AppSec Checkpoint 1 due at 7pm	Feb. 1 Malware	AppSec MP: CP 2
Web Security	Feb. 6 Web Security Introduction	Feb. 8 Web Security AppSec Checkpoint 2 due at 7pm	WebSec MP: CP 1
Web Security	Feb. 13 Database Security	Feb. 15 Isolation and Authorization WebSec Checkpoint 1 due at 7pm	WebSec MP: CP 2
OS Security	Feb. 20 Authentication	Feb. 22 Auditing and Forensics
OS Security	Feb. 27 Intrusion Detection WebSec Checkpoint 2 due at 7pm	Feb. 29 Cloud Security	ThreatSec MP
Midterm	Mar. 5 Midterm Review	Mar. 7 Midterm Exam (in class)
SPRING BREAK
Cryptography	Mar. 19 Cryptographic Hash Functions ThreatSec MP due 7pm	Mar. 21 Symmetric Encryption	Crypto MP: CP 1
Cryptography	Mar. 26 Symmetric Encryption (continued)	Mar. 28 Asymmetric Encryption and Key Exchange Crypto Checkpoint 1 due at 7pm	Crypto MP: CP 2
Cryptography	Apr. 2 Message Integrity	Apr. 4 The Network Stack
Network Security	Apr. 9 Link-Layer Security Crypto Checkpoint 2 due 7pm	Apr. 11 Internet-Layer Security	NetSec MP: CP 1
Network Security	Apr. 16 Transport-Layer Security NetSec Checkpoint 1 due at 7pm	Apr. 18 TLS	NetSec MP: CP 2
Network Security	Apr. 23 Domain Name System	Apr. 25 Anonymity NetSec Checkpoint 2 due at 7pm
Final Exam	Apr. 30 Final Exam Review	May 2 READING DAY