Tentative lecture
flow will be as follows. Some changes may occur depending upon the pace of
the class. In the table below, texts in GREEN
in Topics column represent notes I add after the class - in particular with regards
to coverage.
Some
helpful notes: Some
previous experiences of the students and mine that may be helpful to you are
as follows:
·
Students who have taken this course have felt that this
is a very dense course - primary reason for it being dense our goal to
maintain the NSA IA standards.
·
In earlier offerings of this course, students who
lacked strong mathematical background had found the first half of the course,
which is focused on theoretical issues, quite challenging. Students are
strongly recommended to read the materials before it is covered in the class.
Most of the lecture materials will be similar to earlier offerings of the
course, with updates and corrections.
·
The second half of the course content is much softer
and less effort is needed to understand the concepts - but a lot of reading
is required. This helps students to concentrate more on projects and
labs/programming assignment.
·
The course is designed primarily with the overall
security track in mind. The coverage is also expected to provide a
foundational knowledge and broad understanding of security field, if this is
the only course the student plan to take.