Introduction

Trusting Trust

• What does it take to trust software?
• Does cryptography (even perfect cryptography) solve security?
• Security problems arise in unexpected places
• Defining characteristic of security: An attacker/adversary!
  • Adaptive
  • Asymmetric problem

Course Outline

• Security Principles
• Software Security
• Cryptography
• Systems Security
  • OS
  • Networking
• Human Factors

Ethics

• What are the basic principles of ethical science?
  • What do they mean?
• How do ethics arise in computer security?
  • What is responsible disclosure?
  • Use what you know for good not evil!
• What constitutes ethical behavior in class?

Course Mechanics

• See syllabus for more details

Honing Your Skills

• Lots of additional resources for learning more about security
• Practicing and getting your hands dirty are the best way to learn