Selected Topics in IT-Security
CS 408 | English
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Frederik Armknecht
Teaching Assistant: Christian Müller
The large-scale deployment of Internet-based services and the open nature of the Internet come alongside with the increase of security threats against existing services. As the size of the global network grows, the incentives of attackers to abuse the operation of online applications also increase and their advantage in mounting successful attacks becomes considerable.
These cyber-attacks often target the resources, availability, and operation of online services. In the recent years, a considerable number of online services such as Amazon, CNN, eBay, and Yahoo were hit by online attacks; the losses in revenues of Amazon and Yahoo were almost 1.1 million US dollars. With an increasing number of services relying on online resources, security becomes an essential component of every system.
This course aims to increase the security awareness of students and offers them a basic understanding with respect to a variety of interesting topics. After this course, students will be able to (1) learn about symmetric and asymmetric encryption schemes, (2) classify and describe vulnerabilities and protection mechanisms of popular network protocols, web protocols, and software systems (3) analyze / reason about basic protection mechanisms for modern OSs, software and hardware systems.
Re-Sit Exam
- Written, in-person 90-minute exam on Thursday, 2022–09-01, from 1300h to 1430h in room B1.44 in building A5.
Exam
- Written, in-person 90-minute exam on Friday, 2022–06-10, from 1300h to 1430h in room B2.43 in building A5.
Lecture and Exercise
- Thursdays: 1530h-1700h, room C0.13, in building A5 + ZOOM (please find the meeting details in Portal2)
- Fridays: 1345h-1515h, room C0.13, in building A5
Lectures by Prof. Arkmnecht (cf. Lecture Roadmap) are offered as inverted lectures, i.e., videos are available on ILIAS for self-study and you may ask questions about or discuss the topic on thursdays.
The exercise sessions are offered on-site only and take place on fridays on an almost bi-weekly basis. The exact schedule will be updated continuously. Please note that you need a laptop (or a comparable computing device) for some of the exercises. The exercise scoreboard can be found here: https://itsec.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/
ILIAS
We have an ILIAS course where you will find all lecture materials, which you may find here: https://ilias.uni-mannheim.de/goto.php?target=crs_1225926
Lecture Topics (tentative)
- Security Goals
- Crash Course in Cryptography
- Access Control
- Authentication
- Social Engineering
- E-Mail Security
- System Vulnerabilities
- Malware
- Network Security
- Web Security
- Bitcoin
- Privacy
Lecture Roadmap
| Date | Time | Topics | Mode | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb. 17 | 1530h – 1700h | Zoom | Armknecht | |
| Feb. 18 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Feb. 24 | 1530h – 1700h | Zoom | Armknecht | |
Feb. 25 | 1345h – 1515h | On-site | Müller | |
Mar. 03 | 1530h – 1700h | Access Control | Zoom | Armknecht |
Mar. 04 | 1345h – 1515h | Exercise Session 02 | On-site | Müller |
Mar. 10 | 1530h – 1700h | Authentication | Zoom | Armknecht |
Mar. 11 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Mar. 17 | 1530h – 1700h | Social Engineering | Zoom | Armknecht |
Mar. 18 | 1345h – 1515h | Exercise Session 03 | On-site | Müller |
Mar. 24 | 1530h – 1700h | E-Mail Security | Zoom | Armknecht |
Mar. 25 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Mar. 31 | 1530h – 1700h | Vulnerabilities | Zoom | Armknecht |
Apr. 01 | 1345h – 1515h | Exercise Session 04 | On-site | Müller |
Apr. 07 | 1530h – 1700h | Malware | Zoom | Armknecht |
Apr. 08 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Apr. 14 | --- | /** Easter | --- | --- |
Apr. 15 | --- | * ... | --- | --- |
Apr. 21 | --- | * ... | --- | --- |
Apr. 22 | --- | * Break **/ | --- | --- |
Apr. 28 | 1530h – 1700h | WLAN Security | Hybrid | Armknecht |
Apr. 29 | 1345h – 1515h | Exercise Session 05 | On-site | Müller |
May 05 | 1530h – 1700h | Network Security | Hybrid | Armknecht |
May 06 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
May 12 | 1530h – 1700h | Web Security | Hybrid | Armknecht |
May 13 | 1345h – 1515h | Exercise Session 06 | On-site | Müller |
May 19 | 1530h – 1700h | Bitcoin | Hybrid | Armknecht |
May 20 | 1345h – 1515h | Exercise Session 07 | On-site | Müller |
May 26 | --- | // Public Holiday (Privacy) | --- | --- |
May 27 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 02 | 1530h – 1700h | Incidence Response | On-site | Dr. Hamann |
| June 03 | 1345h – 1515h | Q'n'A | Hybrid | Armknecht Müller |