PV232 Security Engineering

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mike Just, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course will explore several interdisciplinary subject areas and their relationship to security engineering. The expected areas include psychology & usability, privacy, policy, and security economics. Key objectives of this course include the comprehension of these areas, and an understanding of how they can be applied to security engineering.
Syllabus
  • This course will explore several interdisciplinary subject areas and their relationship to security engineering. The course will broadly cover the following topics, with specific consideration of related areas of computer security and/or cryptography as required:
  • - Security and Psychology. The relationship between usability and security, and the impact that the 'human factor' has upon security engineering, will be examined. Several practical examples related to building a security and usable authentication and identity management solution will be explored.
  • - Security and Privacy. The challenges of ensuring data privacy, including protections using anonymization, homomorphic encryption, and policy-driven solutions, will be examined.
  • - Security and the Physical World. An examination of how digital security techniques can be applied to the security of physical paper, with a specific application of visual cryptography to the secure printing of paper documents.
  • - Security and Policy. An examination of the relationships between policy and security engineering, including how policy can impact security engineering, and how security engineering can influence policy. Examples such as digital rights management and electronic voting will be explored to emphasize these relationships.
  • - Security and Economics. An exploration of the implicit economic incentives offered to both users and attackers as part of engineering a solution.
Teaching methods
lectures, homework
Assessment methods
Assessment throughout the course will be based upon participation during the lectures and active contribution to the course blog. A final one-on-one assessment will also be performed as a colloquial discussion with each student at the end of the set of lectures.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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