Advanced Computer and Network Security Fall 2014 Instructor: Haining Wang

Why CPEG467/667? For credits Department requirement Security is important

What ’ s CPEG467/667 This is a senior/graduate level course Recent security threats and defenses One term project Major factor in your grade Two class presentations Teach us Four paper reviews Insightful comments

Grading Policy 10% Class participation 20% Paper reviews (2-page long) Insightful (3), helpful (2), pointless (1) 20% Class presentation 50% Term project

Our Goal Fundamental concepts & methodologies Latest security research activities How to do research security area Required skill Resources to seek

Required skills System programming Kernel hacking Data collection and processing Network simulation Analytical skills Cryptography Machine learning Probability and statistics Mathematical modeling

Useful resources Conferences ACM CCS, IMC, WWW, Mobisys, SIGCOMM, SOSP, ACSAC, ASIACCS, CODASPY, SOUPS IEEE S&P (Security and Privacy), DSN, INFOCOM USENIX Security Symposium, NDSS, OSDI, NSDI Annual Technical Conference Journals (ACM and IEEE transactions) ACM TISSEC, IEEE TDSC

Paper Reviews Summarize the main idea of the paper Problem they solved Approach they took: novelty How did they evaluate Pros and Cons Any ways to improve the work?

Term Project Proposal Problem statement Progress report Preliminary results Final report Complete project report

Topics Covered Network Security System Security Cloud Security Web Security Mobile Security