1. Administrative Details
Chapter 0
Professor: Oberta A. Slotterbeck (Obie)
Computer Science Department
Hiram College

2. Textbook
Textbook: Michael T. Goodrich and Roberto Tamassia, Introduction to Computer Security,
Addison Wesley, ISBN

3. Administrative details
Homework exercises, discussion of them in class - 15%
Lab exercises - started in class and written up as lab reports - 35%
Test %
Test 2 - during finals week at assigned time - 25%

4. Goals of the Course
After completing this course, successfully, you will be able to correctly
1. Use computer security terminology
2. Analyze and articulate the goals of computer and information security
3. Recognize modern threats and mitigation techniques
4. Discuss security needs and requirements
5. Articulate the need for security and auditing
6. Describe and recognize basic cryptographic techniques and some modern implementations

5. Goals - continued 7. Identify and use secure programming techniques
8. Articulate the security needs of operating systems, databases, and networks and how they are protected.
9. Design and administer security policies
10. Identify ethical and moral issues related to security.
11. Identify the different security tools that may be used to protect system

6. Class web site: http://cs.hiram.edu/~obie/cpsc35200
There will be a password protected web site established.
It’s use and access will be described in class later.
Be sure you read and understand the college policies with respect to your academic work