Information & Network Security (2017/2018)

General Information

Module Tutor: David Weston
Autumn term
Lectures: Monday 18:00 - 21:00, Malet St, MAL B36
Length: Half module
Level: 7

Time and Venue

Mondays 18:00 - 21:00

UCL, UCL Medical Sciences 131 A V Hill LT

All Lab Sessions shall be held in:

UCL Christopher Ingold G20 (IT). See map

· Lab Session 1: Week 4 (Monday 23rd October)

Surname Begins A - L

18:00 - 19:20 Lab Session: UCL Christopher Ingold G20 (IT)
19:40 - 21:00 Lecture: UCL Medical Sciences 131 A V Hill LT

Surname Begins M - Z

18:00 - 19:20 Lecture: UCL Medical Sciences 131 A V Hill LT
19:40 - 21:00 Lab Session: UCL Christopher Ingold G20 (IT)

Suggested Reading

Ross Anderson, Security Engineering 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN 0470068523

Free online version (2nd edition)

Keith M. Martin, Everyday Cryptography: Fundamental Principles and Applications, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-969559-1

Other useful texts

William Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security 5th edition, Pearson, 2010, ISBN 0136097049

Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Addison-Wesley, 2002, ISBN 0201440997

Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, John Wiley & Sons, 1996, ISBN 0-471-11709-9

Assessment

80% exam
20% coursework

Time Table and Course Material

Please refer to your Moodle Page

Date	Topic	Slides	Coursework and other	External links
Week1	Motivation/Introduction Administrative Issues Risk Assessment	Lecture 1 Classwork 1 Classwork 1 Solution		Information Security Handbook (Domain 1, 3, and 4 used for lecture) CORAS (A public-domain threat and risk assessment method) World's Biggest Data Breaches
Week 2	Security Policies	Lecture 2 Classwork 2 Classwork 2 Solution		Article on Security Policies The original integrity model paper by Clark and Wilson
Week 3	Social Engineering Cryptography	Lecture 3 Classwork 3 Classwork 3 Solution
Week 4	Lecture Cryptography Lab Session See top of page for location and time	Lecture 4 Classwork 4 Classwork4 solutions Please email me for the coursework if you have not yet received Moodle access Lab Sheet
Week 5	Please refer to Moodle