INFS 762: INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY
Summer 2004, Thursday 5:30pm - 8:40pm,
NG
Important Notice:
- Examination
2 is available here.
Submit hard copy in class on 9/16/04 (or softcopy by email to sandhu@gmu.edu
or fax to 253 563 3509 before 9/16/04).
- There will be a lecture on 8/5/04 to make up for the
cancelled lecture of 7/29/04. The due date for examination 1 is
extended to 8/16/04.
- Examination 1 is available here. Due by email to sandhu@gmu.edu
or fax to 253 563 3509 by 8/16/04.
- Assignment 1 is available here. Due in class on 9/16/04.
- Papers used in homework assignments and lectures are available to
all GMU students via University Libraries -- Database Wizard . Free reader to open and print pdf
is available at the following link: Acrobat Reader.
Course Prerequisites:
- Must have completed
INFS 601.
- Must be internet, web and pdf
(get Acrobat
Reader here) capable.
Grading:
- Grades will be based on
examinations and assignments.
All examinations and assignments have roughly equal weightage.
- Final grades will be assigned
by “curving” grades assigned on individual assignments and
examinations.
Schedule: The schedule is
subject to change and adjustment as the semester proceeds.
Reference book:
- There is no textbook as
such. The following books are recommended
as a backup to the lectures and as a useful reference source. The lectures are not directly based
on the books but cover much the same material.
- Security in Computing, Third
Edition
by Charles Pfleeger and Shari Pfleeger
Prentice Hall PTR; 3rd edition
(December 2, 2002)
ISBN: 0130355488
- Computer Security: Art and
Science
by Matt Bishop
Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition
(December 2, 2002)
ISBN: 0201440997
Archives: none