DSME6788 Cyber Security (3^rd Trimester, 2020-21)

• Instructor: Sherman S. M. Chow (firstname [at] cuhk.edu.hk)
• Teaching Assistant: Donald Wong (donaldwong1996 [at] link.cuhk.edu.hk)
• Time: 2:30pm - 6:30pm, Saturday
• e-Venue: Meeting 998-4026-1296@cuhk.zoom.us (Password can be found on Blackboard)
  
• Class Composition: MSc (ITM) Full-time/Part-time
• (Prior edition for your reference: 2019-20, 2018-19)

Workload:

1. Participation [10%]
   (via uReply/Zoom in class)
2. "Lab" Assignment [15%]
   (Due: March 21st 2021 11:59pm HK Time)
   
3. Individual Written Assignment [15%]
   
4. Mid-Term [30%]
   
5. Group Project [30%]
   

Class Schedule:

1. 13/3: Overview (1), Malicious Software (6)
2. 20/3: Symmetric-Key Cryptography (2, 20)
3. 27/3: Public-Key Cryptography (21)
   [1-week break]
4. 10/4: User Authentication (3), Access Control (4), Database and Data Center (5)
5. 17/4: Authentication Protocol and Key Management (23), Web Security (11)
6. 24/4: (Testing/Auditing,) Risk Management (14), Security Principles ("1")
   [Assignment released]
   [1-week break]
7. 8/5: Online "In-lecture" Mid-Term
   (Scope: Textbook Chapters: 1-6,11,14,20,21,23)
   (Details announced via blackboard/e-mail)
   
8. 15/5: Network Security (7), Denial of Services (8), Intrusion Detection and Firewall (9)
9. 22/5: Blockchain and cryptocurrency, Latest advances or selected topics

Required Textbook:

• by William Stallings and Lawrie Brown
• 4th ed., Global Edition, Prentice Hall, 2018.
• ISBN: 1-292-22061-9, 978-1-292-22061-1