RIT Department of Computer Science

Week

Topics

Homework

Reading

Special Events and Due Dates

1

 Course administration

 Topic 1: What are we going to measure and test?

 Specification of tools and products

 see mycourses

2

 Topic 2: Security analysis process

 Assignments, projects

 see mycourses

  Tools 1 presentation

3

 Topic 3: Computer security policy evaluation

 see mycourses

  Tools 2 presentation

4

 Topic 4: Password and access control policy testing

 Test 1

 see mycourses

  Tools 3 presentation

5

 Topic 5: Access control security models

 Assignment 2

see mycourses

Assignment 2 is due

6

 Topic 6: Security policy models

 Test 2

 see mycourses

  Tools 4 presentation

7

 Topic 7: Assurance implementation

 Project 1

 see mycourses

  Tools 5 presentation

8

 Topic 8: System hardening and patching

 Project 1

 see mycourses

  Project 1 is due

9

 Topic 9: Security measurement

 Project 1

 see mycourses

 Tools 6 presentation

10

 Project and research group discussions

 Project presentation

 see mycourses

  Project presentations

11

 Topic 10: Security metrics

 Project 2

 see mycourses

 Project 2 is due

12

 Topic 11: Security metrics from the economic prospective

 Assignment 1

 see mycourses

 Assignment 1 is due

13

 Project inter-group discussions

 Project report

 see mycourses

14

 Topic 12: Security auditing

 Test 3

 see mycourses

15

 Project final and report presentation

 Report and discussion

see mycourses

 Project presentations and discussions

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