Course Information

Instructor Contact Information

  • Instructor: Thoshitha Gamage, Ph.D.
  • Office: EB 3053
  • Phone: (618) 650-2407
  • Email: TGAMAGE (AT) SIUE (DOT) EDU
  • Web Site: http://www.cs.siue.edu/~tgamage
  • Office Hours: M & W: 01:20 -- 02:20 p.m., T 09:30 -- 10:30 a.m., or by appointment

Course Material

  • Syllabus: Download |syllabus
  • Tentative Schedule:
    Week Dates Topic Slides HW
    01 Jan. 15   Introduction and Course Overview WK01s
    Jan. 16   Security Objectives, Policies, and Mechanisms
    02 Jan. 22  
    Jan. 24  Cryptography Basics: WK01s
    03 Jan. 29  
    Jan. 31    
    04 Feb. 05   Symmetric-Key Ciphers: WK04s
    Feb. 07  
    05 Feb. 12  
    Feb. 14   Asymmetric-Key Ciphers:
    06 Feb. 19   midterm exam 01
    Feb. 21 WK08s
    07 Feb. 26
    Feb. 28   Integrity Models: WK08s
    08 Mar. 05
    Mar. 07   Hashing:  
    09 Mar. 12   spring break
    Mar. 14
    10 Mar. 19   Authentication & Key Management: WK06s
    Mar. 21    
    11 Mar. 26   midterm exam 02
    Mar. 28   Intrusion Detection: WK08s
    12 Apr. 02  
    Apr. 04
    13 Apr. 09  Network Security:
    Apr. 11    
    14 Apr. 16 Topic TBA    
    Apr. 18    
    15 Apr. 23 Topic TBA    
    Apr. 25    
    16 Apr. 30   final project presentations
    May. 02
    17 May 06   final project presentations
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Course Assignments & Resources

Week Assigned on Assignment
01 Jan. 15  Introduction to DeterLab |
Jan. 17  PR00 | Due: 01/24/2019 @10:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
03 Jan. 31  PR01 | Due: 02/14/2019 @10:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
  M01: Graduate Project Proposal |   Due: 01/31/2019 @10:59:59 a.m. | [Dropbox]
07 Feb. 26  PR02 | Due: 03/19/2019 @10:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
10 Jan. 15   M02: Graduate Project Intermediate Report |   Due: 03/21/2019 @10:59:59 a.m. | [Dropbox]
11 Mar. 28  PR03 | Due: 04/11/2019 @10:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
  Final Project Proposal |   [Dropbox]
15 Jan. 15   M03: Graduate Project Slides |   Due: 04/23/2019 @10:59:59 a.m. | [Dropbox]
16 Jan. 15   M04: Graduate Project Final Report |   Due: 04/30/2019 @10:59:59 a.m. | [Dropbox]
17 May 06   Final Project Report |   [Dropbox]
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