Outline for January 9, 2012

Reading: §1

  1. About the class
    1. Instructors
    2. Class web site, handouts
    3. Smartsite and submitting homework
    4. Homework, grading, and extra credit
  2. What is security?
    1. Confidentiality
    2. Integrity
    3. Availability
  3. Threats
    1. Disclosure
    2. Deception
    3. Disruption
    4. Usurpation
  4. Goals
    1. Prevention
    2. Detection
    3. Recovery
  5. Assurance
    1. Specification
    2. Design
    3. Implementation
    4. Operation
  6. Trust
    1. What are your assumptions?
    2. How well-founded are they?
  7. Other considerations
    1. Cost-benefit tradeoff
    2. Risk analysis
    3. People and organizations
    4. Laws and customs
A PDF version is available here.
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ECS 235B, Foundations of Computer and Information Security
Winter Quarter 2012