1. Data and Applications Security Developments and Directions
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
The University of Texas at Dallas
Introduction to the Course
January 8, 2006

2. Objective of the Unit
This unit provides an overview of the course. The course describes concepts, developments, challenges, and directions in data and applications security. Topics include
database security, distributed data management security, object security, data warehouse security, data mining for security applications, privacy, secure semantic web, secure digital libraries, secure knowledge management and secure sensor information management, biometrics

3. Outline of the Unit Outline of Course Course Work Course Rules Contact
Appendix

4. Outline of the Course Unit #1: Introduction to Data and Applications
Part I: Background
Unit #2: Data Management
Unit #3: Information Security
Unit #4: Information Management
Part II: Discretionary Security
Unit #5: Concepts
Unit #6: Policy Enforcement
Part III: Mandatory Security
Unit #7: Concepts
Unit #8: Architectures

5. Outline of the Course (Continued)
Part IV: Secure Relational Data Management
Unit #9: Data Model
Unit #10: Functions
Unit #11: Prototypes and Products
Part V: Inference Problem
Unit #12: Concepts
Unit #13: Constraint Processing
Unit #14: Conceptual Structures
Part VI: Secure Distributed Data Management
Unit #15: Secure Distributed data management
Unit #16: Secure Heterogeneous Data Integration
Unit #17: Secure Federated Data Management

6. Outline of the Course (Continued)
Part VII: Secure Object Data Management
Unit #18: Secure Object Management
Unit #19: Secure Distributed Objects and Modeling Applications
Unit #20: Secure Multimedia Systems
Part VIII: Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Security
Unit #21: Secure Data Warehousing
Unit #22: Data Mining for Security Applications
Unit #23: Privacy
Part IX: Secure Information Management
Unit #24: Secure Digital Libraries
Unit #25: Secure Semantic Web
Unit #26: Secure Information and Knowledge Management

7. Outline of the Course (Continued)
Part X: Emerging Technologies
Unit #27: Secure Dependable Data Management
Unit #28: Secure Sensor and Wireless Data Management
Unit #29: Other Emerging Technologies
Digital Forensics, Biometrics etc.
Unit #30 Conclusion to the Course
Guest Lectures

8. Course Work Two exams each worth 20 points Mid-term and Final exams
Programming project worth 20 points
Due date; the day of the final exam
Four homework assignments worth 10 points each
Due dates will be announced
Total 100 points
Course Book: Database and Applications Security: Integration Data Management and Information Security, Bhavani Thuraisingham, CRC Press, 2005
Term Paper (Optional for extra credit – 10 points)

9. Project Report Format Overview of the Project Design of the System
Input/Output
Future Enhancements
References

10. Some Project Topics Query Modification on XML Documents
Access control for web systems
Intrusion detection system
Access control for multimedia systems
E.g., access control for image, video
Role-based access control system
Access control for object systems
Secure data warehouse

11. Course Rules
Unless special permission is obtained from the instructor, each student will work incidviaully
Copying material from other sources will not be permitted unless the source is properly referenced
Any student who plagiarizes from other sources will be reported to the Computer Science department and any other committees as advices by the department

12. Contact For more information please contact Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
Professor of Computer Science and
Director of Cyber Security Research Center Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science EC31, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75080
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