Current Topics in Information Security

252-4601-00L
Fall Semester 2010
D. Basin, S. Capkun, U. Maurer, B. Plattner

Announcements

• Sep 23: The list of papers is available now.
  
• The course will start on September 27.
• There is no lecture on October 4 to give the first students time to prepare their presentations.

Course Description

The seminar covers various topics in information security: security protocols (models, specification & verification), trust management, access control, non-interference, side-channel attacks, identity-based cryptography, host-based attack detection, anomaly detection in backbone networks, key-management for sensor networks.

Prerequisites

at least one of

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

Objectives

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.

Content

The seminar covers various topics in information security, including network security, cryptography and security protocols. The participants are expected to read a scientific paper and present it in a 35-40 min talk.

Topics covered include

• Security protocols: models, specification & verification
• Authorization logics
  
• Multiparty computation
• Hash functions
  
• Security for mobile devices and wireless communication
  
• Location privacy
  
• Securing social networks
  

Course material

• Here is the link to the list of papers.
• Here is a "Small Guide to Giving Presentations" by Markus Püschel that you might find useful to help you with the preparation of your talk.
  

Grading

2 ECTS credits

Lectures

Time: Mondays, 14-16 (starting September 27)
Place: ML J 34.1

Exam

Graded semester performance

Schedule (tentative)