Introduction to Computer Security Fall 2023

This course introduces the principles and practices of computer security as applied to software, host systems, and networks. It covers the foundations of building, using, and managing secure systems. Topics include standard cryptographic functions and protocols, threats and defenses for real-world systems. See the schedule for details.

Course staff	Kirill Levchenko (instructor) Varun Chandrasekaran (instructor) Anthea Chen (teaching assistant) Tzu-Bin Yan (teaching assistant) Deniz Caglar (teaching assistant) Jason Leung (teaching assistant) Swim Shady (shark)
Lectures	Tue and Thu: 12:30pm – 1:45pm, 1320 Digital Computer Laboratory
Discussion Sections	All discussion sections are held in the Siebel Center for Comp Sci Wed 10:00am–10:50am room 2406 (Caglar) Wed 11:00am–11:50am room 2406 (Yan) Wed 1:00pm–1:50pm room 2406 (Leung) Wed 2:00pm–2:50pm room 1214 (Leung) Wed 3:00pm–3:50pm room 1214 (Chen)
Office hours	Mon 9:00am – 11:00am with Tzu-Bin Yan in 3036 ECEB Mon 1:00pm – 2:00pm with Prof. Chandrasekaran in 463 CSL Mon 3:00pm – 4:00pm with Prof. Levchenko in 458 CSL Mon 4:00pm – 6:00pm with E. Hartman and M. Duong in 3020 ECEB Tue 2:00pm – 4:00pm with Jason Leung in 3001 ECEB Tue 4:00pm – 6:00pm with Anthea Chen in 3001 ECEB Wed 4:00pm – 5:00pm with Minh Duong in 3013 ECEB Wed 5:00pm – 6:00pm with Deniz Caglar in 3013 ECEB Thu 2:00pm – 4:00pm with Deniz Caglar in 3001 ECEB Thu 4:00pm – 6:00pm with Emma Hartman in 3001 ECEB
Communications	We will make use of the following communication methods during this course: Reading, slides, and recordings: Schedule section of this site Assignments: Assignments section of this site Announcements and grades: Canvas For administrative issues, email ece422-staff@illinois.edu.
Prerequisites	Credit in CS 241/341 or ECE 391 or both CS 233 and CS 340
Reference Books	No textbook is required, but if you would like additional references, we recommend: Security Engineering by Ross Anderson Cryptography Engineering by Ferguson, Schneier, and Kohno Introduction to Computer Security by Matt Bishop Computer Security: Principles and Practice by William Stallings Computer Security: Art and Science by Matt Bishop Security in Computing by Charles P. Pfleeger Introduction to Computer Security by Michael Goodrich and Roberto Tamassia
Resources	Security and Privacy Research at Illinois Security Course Roadmap

Grading

This course was initially developed by Michael Bailey as EECS 388 at the University of Michigan with support from Intel and is provided in part under a Creative Commons License.