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Version of January 4, 2024 at 9:43PM
This syllabus is tentative and will undoubtedly continue to change as the quarter progresses. If there is a topic you’re interested in but not shown, please let me know; I may well change this to cover it.
All readings are from the text. We will also discuss papers, which will be made available on the appropriate days.
| Week 1. | Dates: Jan 8, 10, 12 |
| Topics: Reference monitor, access control matrix, safety question, Take-Grant Model, SPM | |
| Reading: text, §2, 3–3.4, 20.1.2.2 | |
| Week 2. | Dates: Jan 15, 17, 19 [Note: No class on Jan 15 (Martin Luther King, Jr., Day)] |
| Topics: Expressive power of models, comparing models, security policies | |
| Reading: text, §3.4–3.7, 4 | |
| Due: Jan 19: homework 1 | |
| Week 3. | Dates: Jan 22, 24, 26 |
| Topics: Confidentiality policies, Bell-LaPadula, System Z, integrity models, Biba, Clark-Wilson | |
| Reading: text, §5, 6.1–6.2, 6.4, A | |
| Due: Jan 26: project selection | |
| Week 4. | Dates: Jan 29, 31, Feb 2 [Note: No class on Feb 2] |
| Topics: Trust models, availability models, hybrid models, Brewer-Nash model, CISS model, ORCON | |
| Reading: text, §6.5, 7, 8.1–8.3 | |
| Due: Feb 7: homework 2 | |
| Week 5. | Dates: Feb 5, 7, 9 [Note: No class on Feb 5, 7] |
| Topics: RBAC, break-the-glass policies, traducement, basic policy composition, noninterference | |
| Reading: text, §8.4–8.5, 9.1–9.2 | |
| Due: Feb 9: project progress report | |
| Week: 6. | Dates: Feb 12, 14, 16 |
| Topics: Noninterference, unwinding theorem, nondeducibility, restrictiveness | |
| Reading: text, §7.3–7.4, 8 | |
| Due: Feb 16: homework 3 | |
| Week 7. | Dates: Feb 19, 21, 23 [Note: No class on Feb 19 (Presidents Day)] |
| Topics: Assurance overview, assurance in building systems, assurance in design | |
| Reading: text, §9 | |
| Week 8. | Dates: Feb 26, 28, Mar 1 |
| Topics: Entropy, information flow | |
| Reading: text, §17, C | |
| Due: Mar 1: homework 4 | |
| Week 9. | Dates: Mar 4, 6, 8 |
| Topics: Principles of secure design, confinement problem, isolation | |
| Reading: §14, 18–18.2 | |
| Week 10. | Dates: Mar 11, 13, 15 [Note: Mar 15 is last class] |
| Topics: Covert channel analysis, malware | |
| Reading: §18.3, 23.8 | |
| Due: Mar 15: homework 5 | |
| Mar 21: | Due: completed project |
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ECS 235B, Foundations of Computer and Information Security Version of January 4, 2024 at 9:43PM
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