Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science Click to edit Master title style Course Overview Dennis Kafura

Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science Click to edit Master title style Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science  Cryptography  Use of encryption techniques to insure confidentiality and integrity of information vulnerable to unintended access or modification  Critical issues Algorithms – Structure (actors, shared information, processes) – Mathematical foundations Key generation – Basis (identity, attributes) – Trusted components Key management – Revocation – Groups/communities 2 Major Topics

Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science Click to edit Master title style Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science  Information flow control  Persistent confinement of information with predetermined bounds  Critical issues Analysis – How to model information flow – How to describe bounds Enforcement – Language level (programming constructs, run-time mechanisms) – System level (mechanisms for processes/threads, files, memory, etc.; covert channels) – Networked/distributed systems 3 Major Topics

Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science Click to edit Master title style Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science  Privacy  “The right of the individual to decide what information about himself should be communicated to others and under what circumstances” (Westin, Privacy and Freedom, 1970.)  Critical Issues Conceptual – How is privacy articulated – What are elemental factors of privacy Effects of technology on privacy » Enabling new privacy controls » Undermining existing privacy conventions » Changing privacy conceptions and norms 4 Major Topics

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Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science Click to edit Master title style Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science DatesClassesTopicPapersPresenter Aug 23 - Sept 65Introduction8Instructor Sept 8 - Sept 276Cryptography7Students Sept 29 - Oct 135 Information Flow Control 5Students Oct 18 - Oct 274Privacy5Students Nov 1 - Dec 6 (*) 9 Project Reports Students Dec 13 (**)1 Project Reports Students 6 Organization (*) Week of Nov 21: Thanksgiving Break (**) 7:45-9:45AM, if needed

Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science Click to edit Master title style Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science  Presentation of paper on one of three course topics  See Calendar on web site for dates/papers  Present one or two papers depending on class size  Make selection by September 6  First-come, first-claimed  50% of grade  Presentation of course project  Types Literature project on topic of interest to you Development project  Dates September 15: term project approved October 13: intermediate report November 1 – December 6/13: presentation of term project  50% of grade  Participation  Egregious lack of active/knowledgeable participation results in one letter grade penalty in final grade (e.g., A to B)  Only one warning 7 Course Work

Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science Click to edit Master title style Fall, Privacy&Security - Virginia Tech – Computer Science  Questions?  Thoughts?  Comments? 8 Discussion