COURSE CREDIT: 3 hrs. credit PREREQUISITES: grad. standing & instructor's consent
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 8-9, 10-11; TR 8-9:15, 11-1:00; MF 11-12 *see website for exact times
TEXTS: Security in Computing, 3rd Edition, Charles P. Pfleeger & Shari Lawrence Pfleeger
Hacking Exposed, 3rd Edition, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, & George Kurtz
OTHER MATERIALS: 3½" DSHD floppy disk, access to journals in the library, and access to the Internet.
DESCRIPTION: A survey of literature related to a selected area of computer science.
RATIONALE: This course is an elective course for graduate students.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After successfully passing this course,
Students will be able to identify the threats to computer security.
Students will understand what causes these threats by recognizing how vulnerabilities arise.
Students will be able to identify controls that can reduce or block these threats.
Students will develop a computing style that balances security and risk.
Students will be able to control the risk of computer security.
EVALUATION: The instructor reserves the right to make adjustments as necessary.
Exam: There will be a midterm exam worth 300 points total.
Assignments: There will be periodic homework/problem solving/journal assignments worth a total of 200 points.
Final Exam: There will be a comprehensive final examination given at the time specified by the college. This examination will be worth 300 points. Monday, May 5, 2003, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Project: This will be worth 200 points.
Grading Scale: 900 - 1000 points A 700-749 points C
880-899 points B+ 600-699 points D
800-879 points B 0-599 points F
750-799 points C+
CLASS ATTENDANCE: The student is expected to attend classes. Regulations for class attendance are given in the Class Schedule. Remember in a night class 4 absences is an automatic F. Three tardies counts as one absence in this class. (See the Mississippi College catalog).
MAKE-UP WORK & TESTS: Students are expected to take tests on the day they are assigned. However, it is the student's responsibility to contact the instructor in case of an emergency illness or death in the family before the test. At that time the student and instructor will agree on a time for the make-up exam. This time should be within 2 days of the missed test. Assignments are to be turned in on the day they are due!! All work is due at the beginning of the class period. Any work not turned in will lose 10% credit for each school day until the third day. The due date at the beginning of class is day 1. No work will be accepted after the third day. Under no circumstances will work be accepted after the assignment has been graded and handed back in class. Laboratory work will be due at the end of each week's lab at which time a lab quiz will be administered. Exceptions to this may be made at the instructor's discretion.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: This statement on academic honesty in computer science courses is an addendum to the Mississippi College policy 2.19 found at http://www.mc.edu/publications/policies/ 219.html. In a computer science class individual effort is expected. Student misconduct not only includes cheating on tests, but also extends to copying or collaborating on programming assignments, projects, lab work or research unless otherwise specified by the instructor. Using other people's accounts to do your work or having others do your work is prohibited. Close proximity in lab does not mean collaboration is permitted. NOTE: Discussing logical solutions to problems is acceptable, exchange of code, pseudocode, designs, or procuring solutions from the Web, other texts, the Internet or other resources on or off campus is not acceptable.
First offense: grade of 0 for **all** parties involved unless the "guilty" party can be determined as well as any punishment deemed necessary under policy 2.19
Second offense: grade of F in the course as well as any punishment deemed necessary under policy 2.19
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS: If you need special accommodations due to learning, physical, psychological, or other disabilities, please contact Dr. Buddy Wagner in the Counseling and Career Development Center. He may be reached by phone at (601) 925-3354 or by mail at P. O. Box 4016, Clinton, MS 39058.
DROPPING A COURSE: LAST DROP DATE - March 31
Students cannot withdraw after this date with a W (passing) unless the three following criteria are met:
- Extenuating circumstances (clearly outside the student's control)
- Passing the course at the time of withdrawal
- Does not have excessive absences at the time of withdrawal
NOTE: Dropping after the THIRD (3rd) WEEK will result in a grade of W appearing on your
permanent record (transcripts). See http://www.mc.edu/publications/policies/213.html.
INCOMPLETE GRADES: An Incomplete may be given to a student who has been providentially hindered from completing work required in a course, provided that:
1. semester attendance requirements have been met;
2. most of the required work has been done;
3. the student is doing passing work; and
4. the student has made prior arrangements with the professor to complete the remaining work at a later date.
The grade of I must be removed promptly or it becomes an F; it cannot be removed by repeating the course.
All programs should be submitted by e-mail as an attachment. Source code must be submitted as well as all files necessary for the programs execution. The e-mail message should contain the following information:
Author's name
Date completed
Brief problem description
Statement regarding whether the program works or not.
If the program does not work, a brief but concise description of what is wrong and what it will take to "fix" it.
What is Computer Security?
Attacks
Computer Criminals
Defenses
Cryptography
Program Security
Protection in General-Purpose Operating Systems
Designing Trusted Operating Systems
Database Security
Security in Networks
Administering Security
Legal, Privacy, and Ethical Issues in Computer Security
Cryptography Revisited
Computer Forensics