Current Topics in Information Security

Overview

Lecturer:
Prof. Srdjan Capkun, Prof. Kenneth Paterson, Prof. Adrian Perrig

Assistant:
Dr. Kari Kostiainen, Dr. Felix Günther, Dr. Jonghoon Kwon

Sessions:
Mondays 14-16 on Zoom (external page Meeting ID: 946 6341 5864)

Credits: 2 ECTS (2S)

Language: English

Announcements

• For better communication during the sessions, please sign up for our Element chat room either with a Web browser or the external page Element tool. You can find download instructions, tips on getting started, and a 'how to use' guide external page Here.
• The first session of the course will be on Monday, September 21.
  
• For the first session, please check out the protected page list of available papers in advance and select at least 3 papers that you are interested in. During the first session, papers will be assigned to students.
  

Course Description

The participants of this seminar course are expected to read a scientific paper and present it in a 30-min talk and then answer questions from the audience.

The main goals of the seminar are the independent study of scientific literature and assessment of its contributions as well as learning and practicing presentation techniques.

This seminar covers a wide range of topics in information security including security protocols, authentication, applied cryptography, privacy, secure systems, trusted computing, wireless security, network security and Internet security.

Prerequisites

at least one of:

• Information Security (Basin / Capkun)
• Cryptographic Protocols (Maurer / Hirt)
• System Security (Capkun / Perrig)

Course material

• protected page Available papers  (login with your nethz credentials).
• protected page Course introduction by Kari Kostiainen.
• Download Small Guide to Giving Presentations (PDF, 5.1 MB) by Markus Püschel.