I230 Analytical Foundations of Security
Fall 2012


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Course Information

Class meetings Lectures
2:30–3:45pm, Mon/Wed
Swain West 218

Instructor Apu Kapadia

Email alias: kapadia
Office: Lindley Hall 330B
Phone: 812-856-1465
Office Hours: Mon 4–5pm, or by appointment

Associate Instructor (AI) Mejbaol Sajib

Email alias: msajib
Office: Info West 001
Office Hours: Mon and Tue 1–2pm, or by appointment

Textbook GT (Required): Introduction to Computer Security,
by Goodrich and Tamassia.
Prerequisites Required
I-130: Introduction to Cybersecurity

Basic familiarity of some programming language is assumed.

Course Description

From the course catalog: This course will enable students to reevaluate and conceptualize material learned in discrete courses to consider the topics from their perspective of security. For example, computer system basics such as hardware (CPUs, memory) and software are reconsidered from the perspective of how their interactions create vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities that combine standard hardware and software configurations will be examined because they illuminate both security and computer networks. Operating systems and file systems are examined from the perspective of access control, permissions, and availability of system services.