Information Security

Overview

Lecturers:
Part 1: Prof. Dr. Dennis Hofheinz
Part 2: Prof. Dr. David Basin

Assistants:
Part 1: Roman Langrehr (Head TA), Dr. Karen Klein and Michael Reichle
Part 2: Mihael Liskij (Head TA), Dhruv Nevatia, Hoang Nguyen and Shabnam Ghasemirad

Course material:
Published on Moodle which also includes a discussion forum. (Moodle access will be enabled next week.)

Lectures:

Thursday 14-​16 in HG E 7
Friday 14-​16 in HG E 7

Exercises:

Wednesday 16-​19 in HG D 7.2
Thursday 16-​19 in CAB G 61

Credits: 8 ECTS (4V + 3U)

Requirements: None

Language: English

Description

This course provides an introduction to Information Security. The focus is on fundamental concepts and models, basic cryptography, protocols and system security, and privacy and data protection. While the emphasis is on foundations, case studies will be given that examine different realizations of these ideas in practice.

The course is split into two parts where the second part start in calendar week 16, i.e. the week of 15th of April.

Exercise info

The exercise session will be on Wednesday and Thursday each week. Both exercise sessions feature the same content; you can attend either one. We strongly encourage everyone to post their questions on Moodle since other students might have the same issue/question and you can get a response quicker. You are of course free to ask questions during the normal exercise session.

Note: the first exercise session will take place on Wednesday, 21^st of February, before the first lecture.

Part I

• The exercise questions will be published approximately one week before each exercise session.
• Please also note that a particular week's exercises are related to the content covered by the preceding week's lectures.
• Students are encouraged to work on the exercises and attempt to solve the questions first on their own.
• Master solutions will published a few days later.
• Students are encouraged to study the master solutions before the exercise session.
• In the exercise session, the TAs will explain the exercises, discuss alternative solutions, and answer the questions of the students.
• In the exercise session, it will be assumed that the students are already familiar with the questions and the master solutions.
• The exercise sessions are the primary way of asking questions. If a student cannot attend the exercise session, or something is not clear after the exercise session, questions can also be asked in the Moodle discussion forum.
• In the discussion forum, students are encouraged to answers the questions of other students. TAs will confirm correct answers and reply to any unanswered questions.
• Exercises are not graded, but working on them and attending the exercise sessions is highly recommended.
• The exam questions will be similar to the exercise questions. Exam questions from previous years will be part of exercises.

Part II

New assignments will be published every week (except the last one) on Wednesday, the contents of which will be covered in lectures that week, while the solutions will be presented in the following week.

You can hand in your solutions to the assignments via Moodle, which the teaching assistants will examine ahead of the exercise session. The feedback will then be incorporated into the exercise session without revealing your identity. (You may still choose to do so yourself, if you want.)

In order for the feedback to be incorporated during the exercise session in a timely manner, solutions should be submitted by 23:59 on Tuesday, the week after the assignment was published.

During the exercise session, the teaching assistants will explain the correct solutions, point out common mistakes in the received submissions, and answer any questions regarding the assignments. Students who did not submit, or submitted their solutions late are still welcome to attend the session and ask questions. Master solutions will be published after the exercise session on Thursday.