| Week | Day | Area | Topics | Reading (Kaufman) | Discussion (Schneier) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 9-13 March |
W | Context | Introduction | (none) | |
| R | Security principles | Chapter 1: Moore & Pettigrew | |||
| F | Engineering introduction | Chapter 1 | Chapters 2 and 3: Zvarych & Durante | ||
| 2 16-20 March |
W | Legal Issues and HIPAA | Chapters 4 and 5: Vogel & Donohew | ||
| R | Cryptography | Introduction to cryptography | Chapter 2 | Chapter 6: Bitz & Overboe | |
| F | Secret key cryptography | Chapter 3 (pp. 59-75, 92-93) | Chapter 7: Jackson & Dorn | ||
| 3 23-27 March |
W | ...continued | Chapter 8: Almatrudi & Ramirez | ||
| R | Modes of operation | Chapter 4 | Chapter 9: Loberger & Frasier | ||
| F | Guest Speakers: Direct Supply: CE alumni Greg Matthews and Jim Strassburg | (none) | |||
| 4 30 March - 3 April |
W | ...continued | Chapter 10: DiMotto & Viana Teixeira | ||
| R | Hashes and message digests | Chapter 5 | Chapter 11: Sparks & Maki | ||
| F | Spring Break | ||||
| 5 6-10 April |
W | ...continued | Chapter 12: Ault & Voller | ||
| R | Public key algorithms (and modular arithmetic) | Chapter 6 (pp. 147-160, 163-170) | Chapter 13: Bartels & Cook | ||
| F | Guest Speaker from 403 Labs: Michael Vieau | (none) | |||
| 6 13-17 April |
W | Midterm Exam | 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 | (none) | |
| R | Cryptography | ...continued | Chapter 14: Spaeth & Wittman | ||
| F | ...continued | Chapter 15: Krytkowski & Herman | |||
| 7 20-24 April |
W | Standards | Real-time communication security | Chapter 16 | Chapter 16: Suckow & Hoffmann |
| R | Guest Speaker: SE Alumnus Nick Gartmann, RokkinCat | (none) | |||
| F | ...continued | Chapter 17 & Author's Note: Kimpel | |||
| 8 27 April - 1 May |
W | Student presentations | |||
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| 9 4-8 May |
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| 10 11-15 May |
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| 11 18-22 May |
R | Final Exam Practice questions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |||